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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 239, Issue -, Pages 152-159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.08.051
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Methylene blue; Tunneled manganese oxide; Pyrolusite; PH-dependent; Oxidative-degradation; Catalytic
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- National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China, NSC [95-2622-E-131-008-CC3, NSC 96-2628-E-131-001-MY3]
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This study examined the reaction of methylene blue (MB) with tunneled manganese oxide pyrolusite regarding pH and reaction time. MB was cleaved through N-demethylation, in which reaction azure B (AB), azure A (AA), azure C (AC), and thionin (TH) were stepwise generated at all tested pH. Pyrolusite predominantly serves as the oxidant in the oxidative degradation of MB at a pH under the pH(iep) of pyrolusite (4.70) while playing the role of the catalyst at pH higher than pH(iep). Among all oxidative products and original MB molecule, TH is the alone compound adsorbed onto the pyrolusite surface at all tested pH. However, the quantity of adsorbed TH increases with pH because of the stronger affinity between the cationic TH molecule and the more negatively charged surface of pyrolusite with pH increasing. Because the lattice oxygen and surface hydroxyl groups form excited oxygen firstly to cause the oxidation of MB, the tunneled pyrolusite with less constrained corner and edge oxygen catalytically promote the oxidation reaction at pH beyond pH(iep). The vacancy of the consumed lattice oxygen forms the active sites for the other oxidation and could be replenished by molecular oxygen to complete a catalytic cycle. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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