Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 29, Pages 39513-39523Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13551-z
Keywords
Magnesium oxide; Expanded graphite; Ozone; Catalytic ozonation; Cu-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Composite material
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- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [B2020203013]
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The MgO/EG catalyst showed high catalytic oxidation capacity for the removal of Cu-EDTA in an aqueous solution when combined with O-3. The efficiency in the MgO/EG/O-3 system was higher compared to other systems, achieving 100% Cu(II) and 73.2% TOC removal efficiency in 90 minutes.
Magnesium oxide/expanded graphite (MgO/EG) catalyst was synthesized and applied for enhancing the degradation of Cu-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Cu-EDTA) in an aqueous solution. The MgO/EG catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, EDS, and FTIR. For assessing the catalytic activity of MgO/EG, essential influencing factors were investigated including catalyst dosage, O-3 dosage, initial pH, initial Cu-EDTA concentration, and coexisting ions. The results show that the catalytic material showed high catalytic oxidation capacity for the Cu-EDTA removal in the MgO/EG/O-3 system. 100% of Cu(II) and 73.2% of TOC removal efficiency could be achieved in the MgO/EG/O-3 system at the reaction times of 90 min. This efficiency was higher than that seen for other systems, including O-3 alone (Cu(II) 81.4%/TOC 60.6%), EG/O-3 (84.2%/64.1), MgO/EG (< 4%/< 4%), and EG (< 4%/< 4%). A small decrease in the Cu(II) and TOC removal rate was observed after three runs in the stability and reusability experiments of the catalyst. Assays with radical scavenging experiments confirmed that MgO/EG-mediated oxidation was dependent on a hydroxyl radical pathway. The UV-vis spectra confirmed that the absorption peak of Cu-EDTA was gradually decreased and finally disappeared.
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