Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 412, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.128628
Keywords
Goethite; Persulfate; Crystal facet; Heterogeneous activation; Tetracycline degradation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41877132, 51908242]
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This study utilized goethite with different exposed facets as catalysts for PS activation, finding that more {021} facet exposed goethite exhibited better catalytic performance due to its facilitation of generating active radicals to drive the degradation process. Advanced oxidation processes based on the activation of persulfate by facet-dependent goethite provide valuable insights for environmental catalysis.
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) based on the activation of persulfate (PS) by minerals have been widely used in environmental remediation. Herein, two goethite materials with different contents of exposed {021} facet were synthesized and used as the catalysts for PS activation to degrade tetracycline. Results showed that exposed facets significantly affected their catalytic activity. Goethite exposed with more {0 2 1} facet exhibited better catalytic performance. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and electrochemical analysis suggested that the surface Fe(II)/Fe(III) redox cycle, the abundant surface hydroxyl density and the easier generation of active radicals by activating PS were responsible for the excellent catalytic performance of goethite with more {021} facet exposed. Furthermore, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations further confirmed that {0 2 1} facet was more favorable for the activation of PS than {1 1 0} facet. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and radical scavenging experiments indicated that both sulfate radicals and hydroxyl radicals participated in the degradation process. This study provides new insights into the PS heterogeneous activation by facet-dependent goethite in environmental catalysis.
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