• 文献标题:   Activation of peroxymonosulfate by Fe doped g-C3N4 /graphene under visible light irradiation for Trimethoprim degradation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI RB, HUANG JS, CAI MX, HUANG JX, XIE ZJ, ZHANG QX, LIU Y, LIU HJ, LV WY, LIU GG
  • 作者关键词:   fedoped graphitic carbon nitride, graphene, peroxymonosulfate, reactive specie, transformation pathway
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0304-3894 EI 1873-3336
  • 通讯作者地址:   Guangdong Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121435
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Fe-doped g-C3N4 / graphene (rGO) composites were investigated as catalysts for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to degrade Trimethoprim (TMP) under visible light irradiation. The rapid recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs in g-C3N4 may be suppressed by doping with Fe and incorporating rGO. The TMP degradation efficiency using 0.2% Fe-g-C3N4/2 wt% rGO/PMS was 3.8 times than that of g-C3N4/PMS. The degradation efficiency of TMP increased with higher catalyst dosages and PMS concentrations. Acidic condition (pH = 3) was observed to significantly enhance the TMP degradation efficiency from 61.4% at pH = 6 to nearly 100%. By quenching experiments and electron spin resonance (ESR), O-2(center dot-) was found to play an important role for the activation of PMS to accelerate the generation of reactive radicals for the TMP degradation. A total of 8 intermediates derived from hydroxylation, demethoxylation and carbonylation were identified through theoretical calculations and the HRAM/LC-MS-MS technique, and transformation pathways of TMP oxidation were proposed. TOC removal rate of TMP increased as reaction time was prolonged. Acute toxicity estimation by quantitative structure-active relationship analysis indicated that most of the less toxic intermediates were generated. The aim of this study was to elucidate and validate the functionality of a promising polymeric catalyst for the environmental remediation of organic contaminants.