Efficient removal of bisphenol A by superoxide radical and singlet oxygen generated from peroxymonosulfate activated with Fe0-montmorillonite

By Shanshan Yang, Ping-xiao Wu, Junqin Liu, Meiqing Chen, Zubair Ahmed, Nengwu Zhu. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018

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Abstract For eliminating organic pollutants from wastewater, Fe0 or Fe0-composites as catalyst for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation have attracted increasing attention in advanced oxidation processes. In this work, a novel Fe0-montmorillonite composites (Fe-Mt-C-H2) have been prepared by thermal reduction and used as an activator for PMS to remove bisphenol A (BPA). The removal efficiency of BPA (25 mg·L−1) and total organic carbon (TOC) were 99.3% and 70.6%, respectively, in the presence of Fe-Mt-C-H2 (0.4 g·L−1) and PMS (1 mM) at pH of 3. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and radical scavenger studies demonstrated that superoxide radical (O2 −) and singlet oxygen (1O2) were the crucial reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the Fe-Mt-C-H2/PMS system rather than sulfate (SO4 −) and hydroxyl radical (·OH). Besides, it was found that pH had a great influence on the catalytic oxidation rate of BPA and the Fe-Mt-C-H2 exhibited best catalytic performance and reusability at initial pH of 3. Furthermore, the constituents of the iron surface oxidation layer at different initial pH were investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies, which indicated that the major constituents were Fe3O4 in acidic solution and contained α-Fe2O3, FeO and FeSO4(s) in alkaline or neutral solution. The findings of this study provide new insights into the activation mechanism of PMS by Fe0-composites and exhibit a promising application of Fe-Mt-C-H2 in wastewater treatment.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology

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