Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 201, Issue -, Pages 232-240Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.08.048
Keywords
Graphitic carbon nitride; Catalyst; Fenton-like reaction; Organic pollutant
Funding
- 863 Research Project [2013AA065202]
- Science and Technology Department of Jinhua Municipality [2015-3-054]
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Heterogeneous Fe-N complexes are a kind of promising catalysts for the Fenton-like reaction. The present study selected a stable and inexpensive g-C3N4 as the chelating agent and combined with the graphitized mesoporous carbon (GMC). The fabricated Fe-g-C3N4/GMC composite was characterized by several techniques including FTIR, XRD, XPS, TEM and STXM. Results showed clear sheets of g-C3N4 and graphite with Fe evenly distributed mostly in the Fe-N coordination form. The catalyst expressed high activity in the Fenton-like reaction in a wide pH range of 4-10. 99.2% removal of Acid Red 73 was obtained in 40 min, and the degradation data well fitted with the pseudo-first-order kinetics model. By correlating the constant of reaction rates calculated from the model and the Fe speciation contents of the samples prepared at different conditions, we deduced that Fe-N species are the most important active sites for the Fenton-like reaction. More importantly, hydroxyl radicals played a great role in the whole reaction yet their generation was independent of visible light. Cyclic voltammetry results confirmed that the GMC can accelerate the Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox cycle by enhancing electron transfer, and thus enable this Fenton-like catalyst to perform well in a wide pH range. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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