1. Effective hydrogen production and coupling degradation of organics (4-nitrophenol, methylene blue, and Rhodamine B) in wastewater by electrospun PAN@Fe 0 composite nanofibers.
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Xu Y
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The pursuit of clean energy generation and environmental preservation is of utmost importance for societal progress. However, couple clean energy production and pollution control is still a difficulty. In this study, a novel electrospun composite mat, with nano zero valent iron (Fe
0 , nZVI) encapsulated into polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers was acted as a catalyst. The activation energy (Ea ) for the hydrolysis of NaBH4 to produce hydrogen is 22 kJ·mol-1 , hydrogen atom utilization efficiency (HGE) of NaBH4 is 60.80%. Three kinds of organic dyes 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), methylene blue (MB), and Rhodamine B (RhB) were served as the model pollutant, to construct NaBH4 -organic system for energy production and pollution reduction. The NaBH4 -organic system demonstrates a collaborative capability to simultaneously remove organic pollutants and generate hydrogen, with a coupling equilibrium point between the two processes. The hydrogen generation rate (HGR) and HGE increased with the concentration of pollutants increased. The degradation of 4-NP, MB, and RhB followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, with RhB degrading dosage 20 and 44 times higher than 4-NP and MB, respectively. H2 and H· contributed to the organic degradation. nZVI directly participated in the formation H2 and H·. PAN@Fe0 possessed good recyclability and moderate cost. The degradation process adhered to the classical surface reaction controlled Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) model. The integration of synergistic production capacity and pollutant degradation aligns well with the principles of green chemistry and sustainable development. This study demonstrates a novel approach to no precursor loss catalysts preparation, efficient production clean H2 , advanced treatment of dye-containing wastewater, carbon neutral operation of sewage treatment plant., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2024
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