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  • Title: Hydrothermal Carbon-Mediated Fenton-Like Reaction Mechanism in the Degradation of Alachlor: Direct Electron Transfer from Hydrothermal Carbon to Fe(III).
    Author: Qin Y, Zhang L, An T.
    Journal: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces; 2017 May 24; 9(20):17115-17124. PubMed ID: 28467036.
    Abstract:
    As Fenton systems suffer from the undesirable Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle, great efforts were made to realize the effective reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II). The effects of hydrothermal carbon (HTC) on the Fe(III)/H2O2 Fenton-like reaction and the subsequent degradation of alachlor in water was systematically investigated, and the results indicated that HTC could enhance alachlor degradation in Fe(III)/H2O2 by promoting the Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle via electron transfer from HTC to Fe(III) ions. The apparent alachlor degradation rate constant in the HTC-G/Fe(III)/H2O2 system (7.02 × 10-2 min-1) was about 3 times higher than that in the Fe(III)/H2O2 system (2.25 × 10-2 min-1). The electron spin resonance spectra analysis revealed that HTC consists of abundant carbon-centered persistent free radicals to act as the electron donor. Meanwhile, the hydroxyl groups on the surface of HTC also played an important role in the enhanced alachlor degradation because the decrease in the surface hydroxyl groups on HTC significantly decreased the degradation of alachlor. On the basis of these results, an Fe(III) complex with surface hydroxyl groups on HTC was proposed to favor the electron transfer from the hydroxyl groups to Fe(III), and then, the simultaneously produced Fe(II) could accelerate the catalytic decomposition of H2O2 to facilitate alachlor degradation. These findings shed new light on the possible roles of carbon materials in a natural aquatic environment and provide a new pathway for environmental pollutant control and remediation of organic contaminants by HTC.
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