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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 402, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126168
Keywords
Electrolysis; Sulfur dioxide; Sulfite activation; Oxysulfur radical; Cobalt
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21906012]
- National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents [BX20190047]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M653340]
- Chongqing Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation [cstc2019jcyj-bsh0034]
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The desulfurization by-product (e.g. sulfite) treatment and water pollution are two widespread concerns, while the sulfite activation by transition metals can be adopted to solve both of them simultaneously. In this study, a silica-supported cobalt catalyst (CoSi) was used to activate sulfite for the degradation of organic pollutants in an electrochemical system (the EC/CoSi/sulfite system), which demonstrated remarkable water treatment efficiencies due to sulfate radical oxidation. The synergy mechanisms of the EC/CoSi/sulfite system were revealed. (i) The as-prepared CoSi played the dual roles as an electro-adsorbent and a catalyst for sulfite activation. (ii) The electrolytic oxygenation supported the conversion of cobalt species and the chain reactions of oxysulfur radicals. (iii) The anodic oxidation of sulfite also generated oxysulfur radicals. The influencing factors and operating parameters were investigated and optimized systematically. Moreover, the efficient degradation of highly concentrated X-3B and non-selective oxidation of various organic compounds confirmed the promising application of the EC/CoSi/sulfite system in practical water treatment. Overall, the EC/CoSi/sulfite system created new value of the industrial waste (e.g. sulfite) for further application in the environmental remediation.
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