As a new water treatment technology,Fenton-like reaction has great potential.In this study,we successfully prepared an excellent Fenton-like catalyst,which is composed of cobalt monoatoms and asymmetric subnanoclusters(labeled CoSA/Clu-C_(2)N),and exhibits excellent peroxymonosulfate(PMS)activation reactivity.By directly comparing the catalytic properties of CoSA-C_(2)N and CoSA/Clu-C_(2)N,the synergistic effects of coasymmetric Co subclusters and Co atoms on the activation of PMS and degradation of organic micropollutants were investigated.The results showed that CoSA/Clu-C_(2)N had higher degradation rates of carbamazepine(CBZ),antipyrine(AT)and chlorobenzoic acid(CA)when combined with active oxidant PMS.The cyclic frequency of CBZ was 5.4 min^(-1),which was twice as high as the catalytic constant of CoSA-C_(2)N(2.4 min^(-1)).The results show that CoSA/Clu-C_(2)N cobalt subnanoclusters and cobalt single atom can synergistically improve the catalytic performance of activated PMS oxidation of micropollutants in water.In addition,electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)technology has proved that the introduction of Co subnano clusters in CoSA/Clu-C_(2)N is conducive to the production of singlet oxygen(1O2),thereby improving the efficiency of pollutant oxidation.This work lays a solid foundation for the future design of advanced multifunctional catalysts by carefully regulating and combining monmetallic atoms and metal subnanoclusters.
Ming MaZhiyi SunZiwei DengXiang LiFang ZhangWenxing Chen
Fabrication of single atom catalysts(SACs)by a green and gentle method is important for their practical Fenton-like use.In this work,a high effective iron-based catalyst was prepared from the iron-rich Enteromorpha for NPX degradation via peroxymonosulfate(PMS).Both Fe-SACs and iron-clusters was fabricated from the intrinsic iron element in Enteromorpha after the urea saturation.The Fe-SACs/clusters can achieve 100%of NPX oxidation within 20 min with the k_(obs)of 0.282 min^(-1).Quenching tests indicated that the radical pathways were not dominated in the catalytic systems,and strong electron transfer process can be induced in the Fe-SACs/clusters+PMS system by using the NPX as electron donor and FeSACs/clusters/PMS^*complexes as electron acceptor.This result was consistent with the phenomenon observed in the galvanic oxidation system.In addition,the Fe-SACs/clusters was deposited onto the ceramic membrane(CM)by the spraying-crosslinking process to form a Fe-SACs/clusters@CM,which showed an effective and continuous NPX degradation in a heterogeneous PMS system.