The ubiquity of antibiotics challenges water treatment and public health. Herein, a novel heterogeneous Fenton system was constructed to remove antibiotics, and carbon nitride-type polymers compounded with FeOCl (CNPs/ FeOCl) were used as catalysts. The efficiency for removal of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC-HCl) reached 100 % within 6 min ([TC-HCl] = 20 mg/L, [CNPs/FeOCl] = 0.2 g/L, [H2O2] = 0.3 mM, pH = 3.5), and the catalytic activity of CNPs/FeOCl was higher than those of FeOCl and CNPs alone. In particular, the TC-HCl degradation efficiencies over a wide pH range of 3 to 11 were nearly 100 % within 8 min. TC-HCl and its oxidation in-termediates were degraded by the center dot OH radicals produced from Fe2+/Fe3+ induced degradation of H2O2, and small molecules (H2O and CO2) were eventually produced, which enabled antibiotic degradation through three possible pathways. Additional results showed that electrons promoted the cycling of Fe2+ and Fe3+ from the FeOCl, which enhanced the decomposition of H2O2 to produce more center dot OH and improve the catalytic activity. Finally, the novel Fenton system catalyzed efficient degradations of antibiotics in natural water, providing a potential method for removal of antibiotics and other organic pollutants with CNPs/FeOCl.
Publication name |
Journal Of Water Process Engineering, Volume 53, Article Number 103601, DOI 10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103601, Published JUL 2023, Early Access MAR 2023 |
Author(s) |
Jiang, Yu; Mao, Kang; Ran, Jiabing; Su, Junxia; Huang, Guopei; Zheng, Xingli; Zhang, Kuankuan; Guan, Hui; Yang, Changying; Zhang, Hua |
Corresponding author(s) |
Mao, Kang maokang@mail.gyig.ac.cn Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 550081, Peoples R China |
Author(s) from IGCAS |
Mao, Kang; Jiang, Yu; Su, Junxia; Huang, Guopei; Zheng, Xingli; Zhang, Kuankuan; Guan, Hui; Zhang, Hua | View here for the details
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