标题: Peroxymonosulfate activation for pollutants degradation by Fe-N-codoped carbonaceous catalyst: Structure-dependent performance and mechanism insight

作者: Long, YK (Long, Yangke); Huang, YX (Huang, Yixuan); Wu, HY (Wu, Huiyi); Shi, XW (Shi, Xiaowen); Xiao, L (Xiao, Ling)

来源出版物: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL  卷: 369  页: 542-552  DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.03.097  出版年: AUG 1 2019  

摘要: In this study, Fe-N-codoped carbonaceous catalysts (Fe-N-C-x) with different structures including one-dimensional carbon nanotubes (1D CNTs) and two-dimensional porous carbon sheets (2D NC) to three-dimensional carbon nanotubes/porous carbon sheets composites (3D CNTs/NC) were systematically synthesized and applied as peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activators. It was found that the Fe-N-C-x catalysts exhibited structure-dependent catalytic performance, following the order of 2D NC > 3D CNTs/NC > 1D CNTs, and also substrate-dependent degradation performance that the reaction kinetics varied greatly for different organic pollutants. Benefiting from the unique structure characteristic and high density of active sites, 2D Fe-N-C-1 showed far superior catalytic performance than the generally used carbocatalysts with negligible Fe leaching. Besides, various influential factors affecting the catalytic performance were systematically investigated. Fe-N-C-1 showed high catalytic efficiencies toward a broad spectrum of organic pollutants, and it was confirmed that both radical and non-radical degradation pathways existed during pollutants degradation. The competitive radical quenching tests and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements verified that the superoxide anion radical (O-2(<(A.-))over cap>) was the primary reactive oxidized species for degradation of p-chlorophenol (4-CP). The chronoamperometry analysis demonstrated that Fe-N-C-1 facilitated the electron transfer from 4-CP to PMS, resulting in the degradation of 4-CP through a non-radical mechanism. Our result not only reveals the structure-dependent PMS activation performance of transition-metal and nitrogen codoped carbocatalysts but also provides solid evidence that the defect-rich carbon materials with amorphous carbon and partial graphitic structure also favor the electron transfer mechanism.

入藏号: WOS:000463344800054

语言: English

文献类型: Article

作者关键词: Carbocatalyst; Peroxymonosulfate; Structure-dependent performance; Radical mechanism; Electron transfer

地址: [Long, Yangke; Huang, Yixuan; Wu, Huiyi; Shi, Xiaowen; Xiao, Ling] Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Key Lab Biomass Resource Chem & Environm Biotechn, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China.

通讯作者地址: Xiao, L (通讯作者)，Luojia Mt Wuchang, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China.

电子邮件地址: xiaoling9119@whu.edu.cn

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