Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 191, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116799
Keywords
Peroxymonosulfate; Fe(V) = O; High salinity; Nonradical pathway; Water treatment
Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC0406303]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978637, 51908528, 51538011, 51821006, 21590812]
- USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative [YD35300 02001]
- Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program of China [BX20180290]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M640595]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WK2060120001]
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A highly efficient Fe/O co-doped g-C(3)N(4) nanosheet catalyst was synthesized to activate PMS for rapid degradation of organic pollutants. The reconfiguration of electronic structure and introduction of high-valent iron-oxo species led to an increase in non-radical active species, enhancing pollutant removal efficiency.
Peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for wastewater treatment have recently attracted widespread interests. However, the degradation of organic pollutants via traditional radical-dominated pathway is severely limited by the side reactions between radicals and the coexisting inorganic anions, especially under high salinity conditions. Herein, an efficient Fe/O co-doped g-C(3)N(4)nanosheet catalyst was synthesized to dominantly activate PMS through a dual non-radical pathway with the singlet oxygen and high-valent iron-oxo species (Fe(V) = O). The rapid degradation of model pollutant bisphenol A (BPA) was achieved by dosing PMS (1 mM), catalyst (0.1 g/L) in a simulated high salt wastewater (>= 200 mM) of the developed Fe/O-doped g-C3N4 + PMS system with a reaction rate constant of 1204-fold higher than that in g-C3N4 + PMS system. The O and Fe co-dopants could reconfigurate the electronic structure of pristine g-C3N4 to produce more non-radical active species. The formed Fe(V) = O played a main role in the BPA degradation by promoting electron transfer from BPA molecule to the metastable PMS/catalyst complex, which was verified by electrochemical tests and density functional theory calculations. The auxiliary transient productions of center dot OH + SO4 center dot- species were also favorable for the pollutant degradation. Excellent reusability in a wide pH range confirmed the practical application prospects of the Fe/O-doped g-C3N4 + PMS system. The successive addition of PMS with a low dosage into the system rich in pollutants was confirmed to favor the PMS utilization. Our work unveils the potential applications of a non-radical dominated process for the decontamination of organic pollutants in saline water. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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