Efficient catalytic ozonation over Co-ZFO@Mn-CN for oxalic acid degradation: Synergistic effect of oxygen vacancies and HOO-Mn-NX bonds

Co-ZFO@Mn-CN with 1 O 2 and O 2 •− as main reactive oxygen species was synthesized for catalytic ozonation , which could efficiently degrade organic pollutants . EPR and XPS analysis indicated that lattice doping of Co induced formation of abundant of OVs, which could provide localized electrons for O 3 activation with the generation of HO 2 • /O 2 •− . 1 O 2 and H 2 O 2 were produced by the recombination of HO 2 • /O 2 •− . DFT calculation demonstrated that H 2 O 2 was deprotonated to generate HOO − , which preferred to form HOO-Mn-N X bonds with Co-ZFO@Mn-CN. Under the attack of O 3 , HOO-Mn-N X bonds were broken with the generation of HO 2 • and HO 3 • /O 3 •− , not only accelerating 1 O 2 production for organics degradation but also avoiding Mn(Ⅱ) sites oxidation . Combining advantages of OVs and HOO-Mn-N X , Co-ZFO@Mn-CN achieved 70–100% mineralization for different organic pollutants . Thus, this work provided a simple and efficient way for enhancing the utilization of O 3 by the synergistic effect of OVs and HOO-Mn-N X bonds, also improving ROS transformation.