Lanyu Qi,Guofeng Ma,Ronghui Kou,Ziyao Wang,Hongling Zhang,Yanhong Yang
The Fenton-like process is a highly efficient and widely applied advanced oxidation technology for degrading organic pollutants under dark conditions. However, its development is limited by low H 2 O 2 utilization, incomplete mineralization, and limited optimal pH range. We developed a CoAl-LDH/porous g-C 3 N 4 catalyst via high-temperature thermal polymerization with NH 4 HCO 3 as a dynamic gas template and urea as a precursor. The reaction rate constant of CoAl-LDH/porous g-C 3 N 4 -H 2 O 2 system for degradation of Rhodamine B is 0.0199 min −1 , which is about 1.58 times that of the CoAl-LDH-H 2 O 2 system. Moreover, the catalyst sustained performance over four cycles and maintained high activity in degrading three different substrates. The high catalytic activity is attributed to the rich porous structure of g-C 3 N 4 , the presence of abundant active sites, and the synergistic interaction between the CoAl-LDH and g-C 3 N 4 , which promotes the generation of ·OH, 1 O 2 , ·O 2 − , facilitating pollutant degradation. This study highlights the potential of this CoAl-LDH/porous g-C 3 N 4 -based Fenton-like system for applications in dye wastewater treatment.
As a classical advanced oxidation technology, the Fenton reaction is often criticized for having a narrow pH window, difficult recovery of catalysts, and generating iron-containing sludge. Furthermore, traditional Fenton reaction was also limited in treating high salinity wastewater. In this work, a ferrocene-containing resin is prepared and used as the heterogeneous catalyst for a Fenton-like reaction to treat different organic pollutants wastewaters in high salinity conditions under a wide pH range. Using ascorbic acid as a reducing agent, the Fenton-like reaction can degrade different organic pollutants such as methylene blue, bisphenol A, bisphenol S, tetracyclines, and 4-nitrophenol within 10 min in high salinity conditions (500 mmol/L) at a wide range of pH values from acidic to basic. In mechanism investigation, singlet oxygen and superoxide radicals were identified as the primary reactive oxygen species. It was straightforward to recover the resin from water, and the degradation ratio exceeded 99% in five consecutive experiments. Such a Fenton-like reaction could also efficiently regenerate the resins to restore their adsorption capacity without using acid, base, or organic solvents.