INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2025
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IF 3.9
Lu Zhang,Jianhao Qiu,Zongpeng Zou,Shengwei Tang,Wenxiang Tang
This work demonstrates the rational design of a Z-scheme CdS/Fe-MOF heterojunction for photo-Fenton processes utilizing in situ generated H2O2 under visible light. The photocatalysts were synthesized by depositing CdS nanoparticles onto MIL-53(Fe), optimizing interfacial charge transfer and light absorption, and ensuring effective spatial segregation of photogenerated carriers, thereby maintaining robust redox potentials. The modified CdS/Fe-MOF exhibited exceptional catalytic performance, achieving 92% degradation of 40 mg·L–1 tetracycline within 15 min, surpassing pure CdS (43%) and MIL-53(Fe) (30%) by factors of 2.3 and 3.3, respectively. Mechanistic studies identified on-site H2O2 generation through two-step oxygen reduction (236 μmol·L–1) and its subsequent activation by Fe3+/Fe2+ cycling to produce ·OH as key pathways, with h+, ·O2–, 1O2, and ·OH collectively driving pollutant degradation. The prepared photocatalysts demonstrated remarkable stability (>90% efficiency after five cycles) and structural integrity, attributed to the robust heterojunction interface. This study provides deep insight into designing Z-scheme photo-Fenton catalysts and advancing sustainable wastewater treatment.
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环境催化
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材料化学
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光化学
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环境污染治理
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纳米材料
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可持续水处理
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JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS
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2015
·Vol. 23
·期 2
·301-310
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IF 1.108
Ye Wei,Zhao Binxia,Gao Han,Huang Jiajun,Zhang Xiaoli
Fe,Zn,Al-pillared montmorillonite (Mt) were prepared by ion exchange reaction. Effect of the Fe/Zn molar ratio in Fe,Zn,Al-pillaring solution on the structural properties of Fe,Zn,Al-Mt was examined. Characterization studies were performed by N 2 -adsorption/desorption, ICP, FTIR, DR UV–Vis spectroscopy and XRD. The interlayer space, specific surface and volume of micropores of pillared-Mt was 18.8 Å, 157 m 2 g −1 and 0.114 cm 3 g −1 respectively. Besides, the catalytic performance of Fe,Zn,Al-Mt was analyzed through wet peroxide oxidation of Orange II under mild experimental condition. The results indicated that the catalytic performance of Fe,Zn,Al-Mt was affected by the Fe/Zn molar ratio as following pattern: the obtained pillared solids with lower Fe/Zn molar ratios exhibited better catalytic performance and less iron leaching during the reaction. Moreover, the introduction of zinc into Mt shortened the induction time of reaction and improved the catalytic behaviour. Throughout this work, the chemical oxygen demand removal of OII was 77.1 % after the solution treated by Fe,Zn,Al(3/7)-Mt (defined as the Fe/Zn molar ratio of 3/7 in the pillaring solution) catalyst at temperature of 60 °C and atmospheric pressure of 1 atm.
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环境化学
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催化材料
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废水处理
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无机非金属材料
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表面科学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 37
·19757-19768
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IF 14.511
Min Lu,Li An,Jie Yin,Jing Jin,Rui Yang,Bolong Huang,Yang Hu,Yong-Qing Zhao,Pinxian Xi
The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are key electrochemical processes in metal–air batteries and water splitting devices. Aluminium–air batteries, as an important type of metal–air battery, have been considered to be promising power candidates for flexible electronics. Here, we describe electronically engineered amorphous Fe–Co–S sites embedded in Prussian blue analogue (FeCoSx-PBA) hetero-nanoframes. The experimental results and DFT calculations reveal the critical role of the introduced FeCoSx layer to PBA, which enhances the electron transfer and alleviates the overbinding effect of OH* during the OER. The FeCoSx-PBA hybrid system supplies an optimized electronic structure for the alkaline OER, which is also confirmed by the much-lowered overpotential (266 mV at 10 mA cm−2) for the alkaline OER. Furthermore, a flexible Al–air battery based on an FeCoSx-PBA cathode catalyst exhibits a high peak power density (58.3 mW cm−2) and energy density (1483 W h kgAl−1), and outstanding stability for more than 50 h of operation under bending or stretching conditions, demonstrating its potential in the practical application of flexible electronic devices. Our results may provide a new strategy of modulating the electronic structure of air electrode catalysts to efficiently promote the reactivity of alkaline OER and Al–air battery processes.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源技术
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 6.361
Dandan Ma,Diankun Sun,Yajun Zou,Siman Mao,Yixuan Lv,Yao Wang,Jun Li,Jian-Wen Shi
A series of dandelion-like Fe-CeO 2 /CdS (FeCe x /Cd y ) nanoflowers with different molar ratios of Fe-CeO 2 to CdS are synthesized by solvothermal method for the first time. The FeCe x /Cd y nanoflowers are assembled by a large number of nanoparticles with the diameter of about 3 nm, and the introduction of Fe ions and the couple of CdS quantum dots (QDs) efficiently enhanced the relative percentage of Ce 3+ in CeO 2 . The as-obtained FeCe 1 /Cd 1 heterostructure exhibits the highest photocatalytic H 2 evolution ability of 108.9 μmol/h, which is 20.5, 6.1 and 7.1 times higher than CeO 2 , Fe-CeO 2 and CdS, respectively. This significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance can be mainly attributed to the synergy between the electronic anchoring effect of Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ and Ce 4+ /Ce 3+ redox couples and the internal electric field constructed by the II-type heterojunction between Fe-CeO 2 and CdS. This work provides a new idea for the design of efficient photocatalysts by combining the advantages of heterostructure and ion anchoring effect.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Zhenfei Yang,Xinnian Xia,Luhua Shao,Longlu wang,Yutang Liu
Herein, Ag 3 PO 4 /mixed-valence MIL-88A(Fe) [AMM] Z-scheme heterojunctions with an in-situ-generated photo–Fenton process were successfully constructed. The optimized AMM-20 heterojunctions show the maximum rate of photocatalytic TC degradation, which is 2.5 and 6.6 times of pristine Ag 3 PO 4 and MIL-88A(Fe). The electronic and band structures of Ag 3 PO 4 , MIL-88A(Fe), m-MIL-88A(Fe) and AMM heterojunctions were deeply investigated by both experimental and theoretical simulation. The Z-scheme transfer pathway greatly accelerates the transfer rate of charge carriers and effectively inhibits the photocorrosion, leading to the improvement of photocatalytic activity and photostability. Moreover, the adjustment of the Fe II /Fe III ratio of mixed-valence MIL-88A(Fe) further enhances the photocatalytic activity of the hybrid photocatalysts, benefiting from the promotion of the efficiency of the in-situ-generated photo-Fenton process. The Z-scheme transfer route coupling with an in-situ-generated photo–Fenton process was verified by the free radical trapping experiment, in-situ XPS measurement, in-situ ESR measurement, and coumarin fluorescence analysis. The degradation pathways of TC were determined through LC-MS analysis and theoretical calculation. Furthermore, the toxicity of intermediates was evaluated by QSAR prediction.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2020
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IF 16.683
Hongguan Li,Jing Wang,Ruijuan Qi,Yongfeng Hu,Jing Zhang,Hongbin Zhao,Jiujun Zhang,Yufeng Zhao
Charge and spin manipulations of electrons are considered to be of great significance in boosting the catalytic activity of M N C electrocatalysts. However, to the best of our knowledge, most current studies focus only on the charge engineering, the interplay between spin and charge is not well understood, and the simultaneous manipulation of both charge and spin remains challenging. Herein, we show that the cooperative interplay between charge itineration and spin-polarization of electrons has a profound impact on the catalytic behavior through density functional theory (DFT) calculations for the first time. Following this concept, we report a Fe-Ni atomic pair as a superior bifunctional catalyst for high performance ORR and OER, with a very small potential difference (ΔE) of 0.691 V. We confirm that the coexistence of Fe 3d itinerant charge and moderate spin polarization (magnetic moment: 1.48 μ B ) is responsible for the superior functional catalytic activity for the Fe Ni atomic pairs.
研究领域:
电催化
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材料化学
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物理化学
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纳米催化
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能源材料
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计算化学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2020
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IF 6.155
Manigandan Ramadoss,Yuanfu Chen,Yang Hu,Bin Wang,Ramkumar Jeyagopal,Karpuraranjith Marimuthu,Xinqiang Wang,Dongxu Yang
The sluggish kinetics and high cost of the noble-metal based electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) still seriously limits the efficiencies of water splitting. Herein, for the first time, we rationally design a porous hierarchical nanoarchitecture, constructed by ultrathin CoSe 2 embedded Fe-CoO nanosheets (CoSe 2 @Fe-CoO), which is synthesized via self-assembly hydrolysis driven in-situ synergetic selenization of Fe/Co/O/Se precursor followed by Ostwald ripening. As an OER catalyst, the porous CoSe 2 @Fe-CoO hybrid with abundant CoOOH electroactive sites delivers a small Tafel of 56.2 mV/dec with very low onset overpotential of 280 mV@10 mA/cm 2 and excellent long-term physicochemical stability till 62 h without obvious decay, which outperforms well-established benchmark electrocatalysts (RuO 2 ). The boosted OER performance of CoSe 2 @Fe-CoO nanosheets is mainly attributed to its iron-doping effect, porous nanoarchitecture, and multicomponent synergetic/interfacial effect between ultrathin cobalt (II) oxide and conductive cobalt selenide (CoSe 2 ) nanoframework. This work presents a facile construction strategy to find a nonprecious hybrid OER electrocatalyst with excellent performance and long-term stability.
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米技术
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催化
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
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2022
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IF 6.212
Run Yuan,Yihe Qin,Can He,Zichen Wang,Lu Bai,Hong Zhao,Zijian Jiang,Lingyao Meng,Xuwen He
It is important to develop a catalyst that has high catalytic activity and can improve the degradation efficiency of refractory organic pollutants in the catalytic ozonation process. In this study, Fe-Mn-Cu-Ce/Al 2 O 3 was synthesised via impregnation calcination for catalytic ozonation of bio-treated coking wastewater. The physical and chemical characteristics of the catalysts were analysed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller nitrogen adsorption–desorption methods. The effects of catalyst dosage, pH, and reflux ratio on the degradation efficiency of wastewater were examined in laboratory-scale experiments. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate of bio-treated coking wastewater was estimated to be 52.76 % under optimal conditions. The experiments on the catalytic mechanism demonstrated that the surface hydroxyl formed by the Lewis acid sites on the surface of the catalyst can react with ozone as the active site forming the active oxygen (·OH, ·O 2 – , and 1 O 2 ), thereby efficiently degrading the organic pollutants in coking wastewater. Furthermore, a pilot-scale experiment on the catalytic ozonation of bio-treated coking wastewater was carried out using an Fe-Mn-Cu-Ce/Al 2 O 3 catalyst, while the effects of the initial pollutant concentration, ozone concentration, and gas flow on the COD removal rate were studied on a pilot scale. It was found that the COD removal rate of the wastewater was ∼ 60 % under optimal parameters. After the treatment, the wastewater steadily reached the coking wastewater discharge standard (COD < 80 mg/L), while the operating cost of catalytic ozonation reached ∼ 0.032$/m 3 , thereby paving the way toward economic engineering applications. The COD degradation kinetics in the bio-treated coking wastewater followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. Three-dimensional fluorescence and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry revealed that macromolecular organic pollutants in the bio-treated coking wastewater were greatly degraded. In summary, Fe-Mn-Cu-Ce/Al 2 O 3 exhibited good reusability, high catalytic activity, and low cost and has a wide application prospect in the treatment of coking wastewater.
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环境科学
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催化材料
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LANGMUIR
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2025
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IF 3.9
Xiao Zhang,Menglin Zhang,Zhiren Guo,Xiang Li,Ting Liu,Jinying Li,Dongxiang Zhang,Xiyan Xu
The persistent contamination of aquatic environments by tetracycline (TC) necessitates advanced remediation strategies. Herein, a ternary Fe–O–P-co-modified graphitic carbon nitride (FOPCNx) was synthesized via structural integration of Fe–N2 configurations with O/P dual doping for efficient TC degradation in a solar-driven photo-Fenton system. This study pioneers the synergistic coupling of Fe–N2 coordination and heteroatomic O/P substitution to optimize charge dynamics. Comprehensive characterization confirmed the formation of Fe–N2 active sites and aromatic structures incorporated with the aromatic group, which collectively enhanced visible-light absorption, suppressed electron–hole recombination, and facilitated charge carrier redistribution. The optimized FOPCN2 demonstrated exceptional photoelectric efficiency (3.7-fold higher photocurrent density than pristine g-C3N4) and achieved 98.9% TC removal within 40 min of irradiation with a kinetic constant of 0.113 min–1, outperforming conventional systems. Mechanistic studies revealed dual enhancement pathways: Fe–N2 sites promoted electron transfer and Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling, while the O/P dual doping enabled electron delocalization for improved charge mobility. The system exhibited remarkable pH adaptability (3–7), robust resistance to inorganic anions, and universal degradation capability for mixed organic pollutants. Three TC degradation pathways were identified through intermediate analysis, with radical trapping and EPR verification confirming the dominant roles of •OH, e–, and O2•–. This work provides critical insights into structure–activity relationships for carbon nitride modification, establishing a paradigm for designing multifunctional photocatalysts for antibiotic-contaminated wastewater remediation.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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光催化
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水处理
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纳米技术
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2025
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IF 21.1
Yanan Huang,Yan Zhao,Dawei Song,Yaqin Shi,Huan Chen,Bo Niu,Donghui Long,Yayun Zhang
This study uncovers a synergistic Fe-Mo dual-atom catalytic mechanism that enhances peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation and pollutant degradation through dynamic electron management and substrate pre-activation. A nitrogen-doped carbon-supported FeMo dual-atom catalyst (FeMo/NC) was synthesized and systematically analyzed using XAFS, in situ Raman, DFT calculations, and electrochemical tests. The FeMo/NC-PMS system achieved 99 % ciprofloxacin (CIP) degradation within 10 minutes (rate constant: 0.402 min −1 ), maintained > 90 % efficiency across pH 1–13, and exhibited minimal Fe/Mo leaching (<0.1 ppm) with 90 % retention after five cycles. Mechanistic studies revealed that Mo stabilizes Fe valence states via electron transfer, strengthens Fe-N coordination, and promotes pollutant pre-activation on Mo sites while enabling selective 1 O 2 generation at Fe sites. This work establishes a dual-atom design strategy to optimize electron redistribution and interfacial interactions in Fenton-like systems. The demonstrated compatibility with membrane filtration (100 % CIP removal in wastewater) highlights its potential for practical water remediation applications.
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环境科学
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催化化学
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材料科学
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2020
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IF 7.864
Tian Tian,Ke Zhou,Yu-Sheng Li,Dong-Feng Liu,Han-Qing Yu
Phosphorus (P) recovery from wastewater can be completed by iron-involved autotrophic denitrification via forming Fe(III)–P precipitates and/or adsorbing P onto Fe(III) oxyhydroxides. However, so far, most studies focused on the final P-containing products, while the P-capturing pathways in such a process remain unclear. In this work, autotrophic iron-dependent denitrification (AIDD) was used as a typical anoxic iron-involved P-capturing biosystem to investigate the main P recovery pathways. The AIDD biosystem showed a relatively stable capability of capturing P coupled with nitrate reduction. Direct formation of amorphous Fe(II)–P precipitates after the phosphate was fed, followed by microbially driven oxidation into Fe(III)–P minerals, was found to be the primary pathway for the P capture. In addition, adsorption of phosphate onto the formed iron oxyhydroxides also contributed to the P recovery. This work provides better understanding about recovering P in AIDD and iron-involved denitrification and highlights the important roles of iron oxidizers in the iron-related biological wastewater treatment processes.
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环境工程
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水处理技术
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生物地球化学
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环境微生物学
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资源回收
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2024
·Vol. 11
·期 7
·3092-3103
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IF 5.8
Manoj Kumar Panjwani,Feiyu Gao,Ting He,Pan Gao,Feng Xiao,Shaoxia Yang
M–Nx single-atom catalysts (SACs) with a high coordination number (x > 4) are effective catalysts for eliminating organic pollutants, while the origin of SACs with high activity still remains elusive. In this work, we successfully synthesized an Fe–N5 SAC with axial N coordination, which exhibited exceptional catalytic performance by peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for degrading 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) in a wide pH range (4.0–10.0). The rate constant of Fe–N5 (2.99 min−1) was 6.36 times higher than that of Fe–N4, and the turnover frequency (TOF) of Fe–N5 was found to be 4–149 times higher than those of state-of-the-art SACs and nanocatalysts reported in the literature for 4-CP degradation by PMS activation. Moreover, Fe–N5 was not significantly affected by coexisting substances (HA, HCO3−, SO42−, H2PO4−, NO3−, and Cl−) and had satisfactory degradation efficiency for various chlorophenols. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), quenching experiments, and radical probe experiments demonstrated that 1O2 played a key role in the Fe–N5/PMS system for 4-CP degradation. Density functional theory calculations confirmed that a narrower gap between the Fe-3d band center and Fermi level enhanced the electron transfer in Fe–N5, which resulted in promoted PMS activation. In addition, the Fe–N5/PMS system showed good potential for application in real wastewater. The above findings offer important implications for the future of coordination chemistry in designing M–Nx–C SACs (x > 4), highlighting their practical applications in environmental remediation.
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催化
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材料科学
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环境工程
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