Coconut husk fiber was collected from Mo Cay Nam district, Ben Tre province. After the coconuts were picked, the insides were separated from the shells. Then, the coconuts were crushed and dried and the weakened fiber was removed from the coconut shells. Finally, the coconuts were split into coconut fiber. Coconut fiber is 10–20 cm long, yellowish-brown in color, and twisted together, which was crushed into powder. Formic acid (HCOOH, 90%), hydroperoxide (H
2O
2, 30%), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, 96%), hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), urea ((NH
2)
2CO, ≥99%), ethylene glycol (HOCH
2CH
2OH, ≥99%), ethanol (C
2H
5OH, 99,5%), and two precursors of Fe and Ag (iron(III) chloride hexahydrate (FeCl
3.6H
2O, 97%) and silver nitrate (AgNO
3, 99%)) were purchased from XiLong, China. MO (C
14H
14N
3NaO
3S, ≥95%), MB (C
16H
18N
3SCl, ≥95%),
sodium borohydride (NaBH
4, ≥99%), and 4-NP (≥99%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All the chemicals and reagents were used as received without further purification.
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