1. Enhancement of the electro-Fenton degradation of organic contaminant by accelerating Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle using hydroxylamine.
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Li, Dong, Zheng, Tong, Yu, Jianghua, He, Haiyang, Shi, Wei, and Ma, Jun
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HYDROXYLAMINE ,REACTIVE oxygen species ,HYDROXYL group ,HABER-Weiss reaction ,OXYGEN reduction ,HUMIC acid ,POLLUTANTS - Abstract
[Display omitted] • The Electro-Fenton property was enhanced by adding hydroxylamine. • Hydroxylamine did not affect the H 2 O 2 generation in oxygen reduction reaction. • Hydroxylamine accelerated the Fe
2+ regeneration in the Electro-Fenton process. • Hydroxylamine broadened the effective pH range in the Electro-Fenton process. The Electro-Fenton process can generate reactive oxygen species capable of oxidizing refractory organic contaminants. However, low regeneration efficiency of Fe2+ restricts its application. Herein, hydroxylamine (HA) was added into the Electro-Fenton (HA/Electro-Fenton) process to accelerate the transformation of Fe3+ to Fe2+ . Using dimethyl phthalate (DMP) as target contaminant, the HA/Electro-Fenton system alleviated the two-stage reaction process and accelerated the removal of DMP in the pH range of 2.0–6.0. With improving DMP concentration from 5 mg L-1 to 50 mg L-1 , their degradation rate increased in the HA/Electro-Fenton system, while decreased in the Electro-Fenton system. The addition of HA had negligible effect on electro-generation of H 2 O 2 , but facilitate the redox cycle of Fe3+ /Fe2+ and the generation of hydroxyl radicals, thus improving the degradation of DMP. The final transformation products of HA were N 2 , N 2 O, and NO 3− . The presence of PO 43− improved DMP degradation, while Cl− and organic matters inhibited DMP removal in varying degrees. This study provided useful reference to solve the low efficiency of Fe3+ /Fe2+ cycle and expand the pH application range in the Electro-Fenton process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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