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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
卷 209, 期 -, 页码 637-647出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.03.034
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Heterogeneous catalysis; Chalcopyrite; Electro-Fenton; Tetracycline; Wastewater treatment
The degradation of solutions of the antibiotic tetracycline (TC) has been studied by a novel electrochemical advanced oxidation process, consisting in electro-Fenton (EF) process using chalcopyrite as heterogeneous catalyst. In fact, chalcopyrite powder was the source of Fe2+ and Cu2+ ions instead of a soluble catalyst salt used in conventional EF. Experiments were performed in an undivided cell equipped with a Pt or boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode and a carbon felt cathode, where TC and its oxidation intermediate products were destroyed by hydroxyl radicals ((OH)-O-center dot) formed both, in the bulk solution from electrochemically induced Fenton's reaction (Fe2+ and H2O2) and Fenton's-like reaction (Cu2+ and H2O2), and at the anode surface from water oxidation. The effects of operating parameters such as applied current, chalcopyrite concentration and anode material were investigated. TC decay followed pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics. The absolute rate constant for TC oxidation by (OH)-O-center dot was found to be 3.2 x 10(9) M-1 s(-1), as determined by the competition kinetic method. EF process using chalcopyrite as heterogeneous catalyst showed to be more efficient than conventional EF, achieving almost total mineralization of the TC solution (98% of total organic carbon removal) after 360 min under optimum operating conditions. A plausible mineralization pathway for mineralization of TC aqueous solution by (OH)-O-center dot was proposed based on the identification of different oxidation by-products. Moreover, toxicity tests pointed out that this heterogeneous EF process was able to detoxify the TC solutions. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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