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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 14, Pages 2240-2253Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1697378
Keywords
CoFe2O4@g-C3N4; peroxymonosulfate; photocatalysis; Fenton-like oxidation; synergistic effect
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The combination of visible light-activated photocatalysis and sulfate radical-based Fenton-like oxidation processes in the CoFe2O4@g-C3N4 composite showed significantly enhanced catalytic efficiency compared to individual processes, leading to efficient removal of rhodamine B.
The integration of two different advanced oxidation processes can not only avoid their individual shortcomings but also utilize the synergistic effects between them. Herein, CoFe2O4 modified g-C3N4 composite (CoFe2O4@g-C3N4) was synthesized and used for building a novel coupled system, in which two processes of visible light-activated photocatalysis and sulfate radical-based Fenton-like oxidation have been combined together to provide a synergistic reaction path for the removal of rhodamine B. The coupled system exhibited a drastically enhanced catalytic efficiency compared with the photocatalytic or Fenton-like process alone. It also showed a significantly enhanced catalytic activity compared with g-C3N4, CoFe2O4 or their simple mixture. The improved catalytic performance can be ascribed to the efficient separation of photogenerated carriers as well as more available catalytic reactive sites for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation due to the synergistic effects between the photocatalytic and Fenton-like processes. In 30 min, 96% RhB was degraded using PMS activated by a CoFe2O4@g-C3N4 composite with 3% CoFe2O4 loading under visible light irradiation, and the synergistic index in such system reached as high as 3.07. Such system can be used at a wide pH range of 3.0-10.0. The composite also showed good stability for its practical applications.
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