Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages 106-118Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.071
Keywords
Water disinfection; Persulfate; Sulfate radical; Visible light; Catalyst-free
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21607028, 41425015, 41573086]
- Research Grant Council of Hong Kong SAR Government [GRF14100115]
- Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province, China [2017A050506049]
- Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program [2017BT01Z032]
- Innovation Team Project of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education [2017KCXTD012]
- Leading Scientific, Technical and Innovation Talents of Guangdong special support program [2016TX03Z094]
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The development of cost-effective water disinfection methods is highly desired to address the problems caused by outbreak of harmful microorganisms. Sulfate radical (center dot SO4-)-based advanced oxidation technology has attracted increasing attention. However, various catalysts or UV irradiation are usually used to activate persulfate (PS), which is high-cost and the recovery of nano-sized catalysts is also challenging. This work demonstrates a new method of catalyst-free activation of persulfate by visible light (VL) for bacterial inactivation. The 6-log of E. coli cells can be inactivated within 40 min and 7-log of E. coli cells could be inactivated within 120 min by the VL/PS system. The major responsive wavelength is 420 nm, and no heat activation of PS is found during VL irradiation. A synergistic effect with synergy factor of 51.2% is found when combining the VL irradiation with heating at 50 degrees C. The acidic pH is benefit for the VL/PS-triggered bacterial inactivation, while bicarbonate inhibits the E. coli inactivation at the range of 0.1-20 mg/L. Mechanism study indicates the main reactive species are.center dot SO4-, center dot O-2(-) and center dot OH, in which center dot SO4- plays the most important role. The bacterial inactivation process shows to begin from outer membrane to intracellular components. Subsequently, the antioxidant enzyme (i.e. SOD, CAT) is induced, followed by damaging to the genomic DNA leading to fatal death of the cells. In addition, the VL/PS system is also applicable for the inactivation of other pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, showing universality for water disinfection applications. This work not only provides a new cost-effective disinfection method without a catalyst, but also sheds light on understanding the bacterial inactivation mechanism by center dot SO4- based AOPs. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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