Crystallinity engineering of Au nanoparticles on graphene for in situ SERS monitoring of Fenton-like reaction

Abstract Fabrication of multifunctional nanoplatform to in situ monitor Fenton reaction is of vital importance to probe the underlying reaction process and design high-performance catalyst. Herein, a hybrid catalyst comprising of single-crystalline Au nanoparticles (SC Au NPs) on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheet was prepared, which not only exhibited an excellent 1O2 mediated Fenton-like catalytic activity in promoting rhodamine 6G (R6G) degradation by activating H2O2, but also displayed a sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection performance to R6G with a linear response range from 1.0 × 10−8 mol/L to 1.0 × 10−5 mol/L thus providing a powerful and versatile nanoplatform for in situ SERS monitoring Fenton-like catalytic reaction. The integration of catalytic and SERS activities into a single nanostructure are expected to provide great potentials for practical applications in environmental catalysis.