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Huang W, Liu A, Tang B, Fu Y, Zhang J. Efficient degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol in water by sequential electrocatalytic reduction and oxidation with a Pd-MWCNTs/Ni-foam electrode. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27464-6. [PMID: 37155104 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27464-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Our previous study indicated excellent dechlorination efficiency and phenol conversion rate in the electrocatalytic reduction of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) with a Pd-MWCNTs/Ni-foam electrode; it is deserved to investigate whether this electrode can efficiently degrade phenol in electro-Fenton oxidation (EFO) process and realize the effective mineralization of 2,4-DCP in aqueous solution. In this work, the sequential electrocatalytic reduction and oxidation of 2,4-DCP were studied after examining phenol degradation in the EFO process. The results showed that the removal efficiency of 0.31 mM phenol could reach 96.76% after 90-min degradation with the rate constant of 0.0367 min-1, and hydroxy radicals (·OH) were the main active species in the EFO process. In the sequential electrocatalytic reduction and oxidation processes, the removal efficiencies of 2,4-DCP, phenol, and total organic carbon (TOC) reached 99.72%, 97.07%, and 61.45%, respectively. The possible degradation mechanism of 2,4-DCP was proposed through monitoring the reaction products, and the stability and reusability of the electrode were also examined. This study suggested that 2,4-DCP in wastewater can be effectively mineralized to realize its efficient degradation through the sequential electrocatalytic reduction and oxidation.
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- Weibin Huang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Technical Center, Chongqing Customs, Chongqing Engineering Technology Research Center of Import and Export Food Safety, Chongqing, 400020, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Qin X, Wang K, Cao P, Su Y, Chen S, Yu H, Quan X. Highly efficient electro-Fenton process on hollow porous carbon spheres enabled by enhanced H 2O 2 production and Fe 2+ regeneration. J Hazard Mater 2023; 446:130664. [PMID: 36584650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Electro-Fenton (e-Fenton) is a promising method for wastewater treatment that relies on powerful ·OH generated via the decomposition of electro-generated H2O2 catalyzed by Fe2+. In this regard, developing a catalyst capable of simultaneously producing H2O2 and accelerating Fe2+ regeneration is of considerable importance; however, this remains a challenge because of the difficulty in modulating the electronic microenvironment. Herein, a hollow porous carbon sphere catalyst (HPCS) is developed to synchronously enhance H2O2 generation and accelerate Fe3+/Fe2+ cycling by constructing an electron-rich microenvironment via surface curvature regulation. The Fe2+ regeneration efficiency reaches 35.5% on HPCS featuring a larger curvature structure (HPCS-TPOS), which is 1.6 times higher than the smaller curvature HPCS-S catalyst (22.8%). Density functional theory reveals that the electron-rich microenvironment on the outer surface of high curvature structure promotes Fe2+ regeneration. The H2O2 production rate on HPCS-TPOS is 47.2 mmol L-1 h-1, exceeding the state-of-the-art e-Fenton catalysts reported. Benefiting from the concurrent high-efficiency of H2O2 production and Fe2+ regeneration, HPCS-TPOS e-Fenton is demonstrated to be efficient for sulfamethoxazole removal with the kinetic rate of 0.30-0.72 min-1 at pH 3-7. This work offers new insight into the design of efficient catalysts by rationally regulating curvature structures for wastewater treatment.
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- Xin Qin
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Sun C, Chen T, Huang Q, Duan X, Zhan M, Ji L, Li X, Wang S, Yan J. Biochar cathode: Reinforcing electro-Fenton pathway against four-electron reduction by controlled carbonization and surface chemistry. Sci Total Environ 2021; 754:142136. [PMID: 32911157 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Porous biochars have attracted tremendous interests in electrochemical applications. In this study, a family of biochars were prepared from cellulose subject to different carbonization temperatures ranging from 400 to 700 °C, and the biochars were in-situ activated by a molten salt (ZnCl2) to construct a hierarchically porous architecture. The activated porous biochars (ZnBC) were used as a carbocatalyst for electro-Fenton (EF) oxidation of organic contaminants. Results showed that high-temperature carbonization improved the activity of biochar for four-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) due to the rich carbon defects, while the mild-temperature treatment regulated the species and distribution of oxygen functional groups to increase the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) via a selective two-electron ORR pathway. ZnBC-550 was the best cathode material with a high ORR activity without compromise in H2O2 selectivity; a high production rate of H2O2 (796.1 mg/g/h) was attained at -0.25 V vs RHE at pH of 1. Furthermore, Fe(II) addition induced an electro-Fenton system to attain fast decomposition of various organic pollutants at -0.25 V vs RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode) and pH of 3 with a satisfactory mineralization efficiency toward phenolic pollutants. The EF system maintains its excellent stability for 10 cycles. Hydroxyl radicals were identified as the dominant reactive oxygen species based on in situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) analysis and radical quenching tests. This study gains new insights into electrocatalytic H2O2 production over porous biochars and provides a low-cost, robust and high-performance electro-Fenton cathode for wastewater purification.
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- Chen Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- College of Metrology and Measurement Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing Construction Engineering Group Environmental Remediation Co. Ltd., Beijing 100015, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Senthilnathan J, Selvaraj A, Younis SA, Kim KH, Yoshimura M. An upgraded electro-Fenton treatment of wastewater using nanoclay-embedded graphene composite prepared via exfoliation of pencil rods by submerged liquid plasma. J Hazard Mater 2020; 397:122788. [PMID: 32388098 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, two types of electrochemical electrodes were synthesized using two types (i.e., 4 black (4B) and hard black (HB)) of pencil rods during submerged liquid plasma (SLP) process. At high potential (3 kV) electrons, the SLP process offered an effective exfoliation route for the disorientation of the graphite sp2 domain to produce two nanoclay-graphene composite electrodes with a few graphene layers (thickness = 4-9 layers) and high dispersibility (< 19% settlement: 4 h) in polar/non-polar solution (52-53.1% settlement: 4 h). Their performance was then evaluated towards the electro-Fenton (EF) degradation of lindane using a coated Fe3O4 plate (as Fenton catalyst). Accordingly, both 4B- and HB-ENcGe electrodes showed high specific capacitance values (473 and 363 F g-1) at 0.05 A g-1 and excellent triangular charge-discharge patterns (< 9% and 35% reduction of capacitance, respectively after 1000 cycles (charging rate: 0.2 A g-1)). At pH 3 and current density of 6.5 mA cm-2, 4B-ENcGe exhibited superior EF degradation performance (99.4% after 60 min) against 2.5 mg L-1 lindane (H2O2 generation capacity: 2.53 mmol. h-1, current efficiency: 89.4%, and stability: up to 5th cycles). The complete EF-based mineralization of lindane suggests that these electrodes should offer one-step cost-effective treatment for wastewater contaminants.
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- Jaganathan Senthilnathan
- Environmental and Water Resources Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 600036, India
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- Dept of civil engineering, Indian institute of technology hyderabad,India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea; Analysis and Evaluation Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City 11727, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.
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- Promotion Centre for Global Materials Research, Department of Material Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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