Degradation of sulfamethoxazole using the heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst of Cu-Co bimetallic hydroxide
ZENG Yihao1,, CHEN Yunjin2, LU Yaobin1,,, ZENG Cuiping1, LIU Guangli1, LUO Haiping1, ZHANG Renduo1 1.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China 2.Guangzhou Jingxi Underground Water Purification Plant, Guangzhou 510655, China
Abstract:Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a kind of broad-spectrum antibiotic. Its removal rate is low in the conventional biological treatment of municipal wastewater, and thus it is necessary to develop efficient methods for SMX removal. In this study, Cu-Co bimetal hydroxide heterogeneous (CuCo-BH) catalyst was synthesized on carbon felt by in-situ solvothermal growth method, and then was applied in the heterogeneous Fenton-like process for SMX degradation. The results of SEM, TEM, XPS and XRD showed that the catalyst anisotropically grew on the carbon felt and developed a rod-like structure with the width of 40~115 nm and the maximum length of 650 nm. The CuCo-BH catalyst with good performance was synthesized under the conditions of growth temperature 105 ℃ and growth time 5 h. At pH=7, H2O2=50 mmol·L?1, reaction time of 60 min and initial SMX concentration of 50 mg·L?1, the removal rate of SMX reached 100% using our catalyst. The SMX removal maintained above 94% after the catalyst was recycled for 5 times under the conditions of SMX=3 mg·L?1, H2O2=15 mmol·L?1, pH=7, and reaction time of 30 min. The quenching experiments of ·OH and ${\rm{O}}_2^{ \cdot - }$, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer measurements showed that hydroxyl radical played a key role in the degradation of SMX. This study provides a new method for the efficient SMX removal in advanced wastewater treatment. Key words:bimetallic hydroxide/ heterogeneous Fenton-like process/ sulfamethoxazole/ catalytic mechanism.
图1不同生长温度下负载催化剂后的碳毡纤维SEM照片 Figure1.SEM images of carbon felt loaded with the catalyst at different growth temperatures
图4在生长温度105 ℃下,对CuCo-BH催化剂使用前后的光电子能谱分析 Figure4.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of the CuCo-BH catalyst before and after used at the growth temperature of 105 ℃
图7不同SMX初始浓度对类芬顿反应降解SMX的影响和相应一级反应动力学模拟结果 Figure7.Effect of initial SMX concentration on the SMX degradation in the Fenton-like process and the fitting results by the first-order kinetics
图11电子顺磁共振波谱仪对CuCo-BH催化剂在类芬顿过程中催化产生的自由基的测定 Figure11.Detection of the radicals produced in the Fenton-like process with CuCo-BH catalyst by electron paramagnetic resonance
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1.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China 2.Guangzhou Jingxi Underground Water Purification Plant, Guangzhou 510655, China Received Date: 2020-01-03 Accepted Date: 2020-05-28 Available Online: 2020-09-05 Keywords:bimetallic hydroxide/ heterogeneous Fenton-like process/ sulfamethoxazole/ catalytic mechanism Abstract:Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a kind of broad-spectrum antibiotic. Its removal rate is low in the conventional biological treatment of municipal wastewater, and thus it is necessary to develop efficient methods for SMX removal. In this study, Cu-Co bimetal hydroxide heterogeneous (CuCo-BH) catalyst was synthesized on carbon felt by in-situ solvothermal growth method, and then was applied in the heterogeneous Fenton-like process for SMX degradation. The results of SEM, TEM, XPS and XRD showed that the catalyst anisotropically grew on the carbon felt and developed a rod-like structure with the width of 40~115 nm and the maximum length of 650 nm. The CuCo-BH catalyst with good performance was synthesized under the conditions of growth temperature 105 ℃ and growth time 5 h. At pH=7, H2O2=50 mmol·L?1, reaction time of 60 min and initial SMX concentration of 50 mg·L?1, the removal rate of SMX reached 100% using our catalyst. The SMX removal maintained above 94% after the catalyst was recycled for 5 times under the conditions of SMX=3 mg·L?1, H2O2=15 mmol·L?1, pH=7, and reaction time of 30 min. The quenching experiments of ·OH and ${\rm{O}}_2^{ \cdot - }$, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer measurements showed that hydroxyl radical played a key role in the degradation of SMX. This study provides a new method for the efficient SMX removal in advanced wastewater treatment.