Sulfate radical-induced degradation of Acid Orange 7 by a new magnetic composite catalyzed peroxymonosulfate oxidation process

Dan CHEN, Xiaolong MA, Jizhi ZHOU, Xi CHEN, Guangren QIAN*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We synthesized a novel magnetic composite, Fe3O4/Cu(Ni)Cr-LDH, as a heterogeneous catalyst for the degradation of organic dyes in the solution using sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes. The physicochemical properties of the composite synthesized via two-step microwave hydrothermal method were characterized by several techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The degradation tests were performed at 25°C with Acid Orange 7 (AO7) initial concentration of 25mg/L and AO7/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) molar ratio of 1:10, which showed that the complete degradation by Fe3O4/Cu1.5Ni0.5Cr-LDH could be achieved and the mineralization rate could reach 46%. PMS was activated by Cu (II) and Fe (II/III) of Fe3O4/Cu(Ni)Cr-LDH to generate sulfate radicals (SO4-). Subsequently, the organic functional groups of AO7 molecules were destroyed by sulfate radicals (SO4-), inducing the degradation of AO7. Moreover, the catalytic behavior of the catalysts could be reused five times. Therefore, our work suggested that the Fe3O4/Cu(Ni)Cr-LDH composite could be applied widely for the treatment of organic dyes in wastewater.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)476-484
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Hazardous Materials
Volume279
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This study was supported by Program for Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT13078 ), as well as been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China Nos. 50704023 , 50974086 and 51274138 . This study was also funded by China Scholarship Council.

Keywords

  • Acid Orange 7
  • Oxidative degradation
  • Peroxymonosulfate
  • Sulfate radicals

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