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- Title
Zinc-doped and biochar support strategies to enhance the catalytic activity of CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> to persulfate for crystal violet degradation.
- Authors
Fan, Hui; Chen, Congjin; Huang, Quanlong; Lu, Jingping; Hu, Jiaqi; Wang, Peiwen; Liang, Jing; Hu, Huayu; Gan, Tao
- Abstract
Sulfate radicals-based Fenton-like technology has placed more emphasis on effectively dealing with the threat of dye wastewater. In this work, the Zn-doped CuFe2O4@biochar composite (Cu0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4@BC) was prepared through the convenient sol–gel pyrolysis process and applied as heterogeneous persulfate (PS) activator for crystal violet (CV) degradation. The crystal morphology and physicochemical properties of Cu0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4@BC were investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method (BET), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The morphology of the catalyst changed before and after Zn doping. The crystallite size, lattice constant, saturation magnetization, and oxygen vacancy content increased after doping Zn. Compared with CuFe2O4@BC, the CV degradation efficiency of Cu0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4@BC activating PS increased from 87.7 to 96.9%, and the corresponding reaction rate constant increased by about 3.69 times. The effect of experimental conditions was systematically studied on the degradation progress. The degradation efficiency of CV was 91% after five times cycle experiments. Multiple experiments indicated that SO4•–, •OH and O2•– predominated for CV degradation. The degradation mechanism of CV in the Cu0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4@BC/PS system involved both free radical (SO4•–, •OH and O2•–) and non-free radical pathways (electron transfer). The possible degradation pathways were investigated according to the ultra-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) analysis of degradation intermediates. The result showed that Cu0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4@BC have an excellent catalyst performance, which provides a new strategy for improving catalytic activity.
- Subjects
GENTIAN violet; LIQUID chromatography-mass spectrometry; CATALYTIC activity; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; BIOCHAR; SCANNING electron microscopes; COLOR removal in water purification
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 13, p38775
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-022-24929-y