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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 456, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140994
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Waste plastics; Advanced oxidation processes; Solar-driven steam generation; Metal-organic framework; Waste-treating-waste strategy
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Catalytic conversion of waste plastics into semiconductive metal-organic framework (MOF) achieves freshwater production and water decontamination through interfacial solar evaporation and photocatalysis, as well as advances upcycling of waste plastics. However, developing synergistic photothermal-photocatalysis materials from recycled plastics remains a challenge.
Catalytic conversion of waste plastics into semiconductive metal-organic framework (MOF) kills two birds with one stone, since it not merely offers promising possibility to realize freshwater production and water decontamination through interfacial solar evaporation and photocatalysis, but also advances upcycling of waste plastics. Nevertheless, exploiting synergistic photothermal-photocatalysis materials from recycled plastics remains a challenge. Herein, we report a facile solvothermal method of waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) bottles for the massive production of Co-MOF nanorod and construct a dual-functional Co-MOF/carbon nanotube (CNT) solar evaporator integrated with advanced oxidation process for simultaneous wastewater purification and freshwater production. Firstly, we prove that the evaporator owns high sunlight absorption due to the presence of CNT, super-hydrophilicity, and low heat conductivity, which endow it with fine photothermal conversion capability and reduced vaporization enthalpy. Benefiting from the above advantages, Co-MOF/CNT evaporator displays a high evaporation rate of 2.25 kg m(-2) h(-1) under 1 kW m(-2) illumination, when treating tetracycline (TC)-polluted water, along with good mechanical property, high flexibility, long-term stability, and high scalability. Secondly, based on the results of COMSOL and density functional theory calculation, the localized solar heat from CNT and rich open cobalt sites of Co-MOF nanorod are proved to play a synergistic effect in the activation of peroxymonosulfate to generate various oxidation reactive species. Thereby, the dual-functional evaporator achieves a superb TC degradation activity. Lastly, an outdoor device is designed for freshwater generation and catalytic decomposition of TC. The daily freshwater production amount is 4.5 kg m(-2), and the TC degradation efficiency is 93.1%. This study not merely advances the upcycling waste plastics into useful products, but also offers a sustainable platform to wastewater purification via a waste-treating-waste strategy.
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