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  • Title: Novel visible light enhanced Pyrite-Fenton system toward ultrarapid oxidation of p-nitrophenol: Catalytic activity, characterization and mechanism.
    Author: Zeng L, Gong J, Dan J, Li S, Zhang J, Pu W, Yang C.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2019 Aug; 228():232-240. PubMed ID: 31035160.
    Abstract:
    The activities of heterogeneous Fenton and Photo-Fenton processes using pyrite (FeS2) prepared via a solvethermal method were evaluated by oxidation of p-nitrophenol (PNP). PNP could be completely ultrarapidly oxidized by Pyrite-Photo-Fenton (Pyrite-PF) system within 4 min, versus 10 min in Pyrite-Fenton (Pyrite-F) system. The excellent oxidation performance obtained by Pyrite-PF might be due to accelerated circulation between ferrous ions and ferric ions under visible light illumination, which improved generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were applied to ascertain the morphology and crystal structure of fresh-pyrite as well as used-pyrite. According to these results, the synthesized pyrite particles performed eminent stability, and used-pyrite could even generated more ROS including hydroxyl radicals (OH) and superoxide radicals (O2-). EPR testing and quenching experiments also confirmed the generations of OH, O2- and holes (h+) during oxidation processes of PNP in both Pyrite-F and Pyrite-PF systems. The reaction pathway was proposed based on the detected intermediate products including 4-nitrocatechol, 4-nitropyrogallol, hydroquinone, benzoquinone, 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene and 2,4-dinitrophenol. The mechanisms of PNP degradation in Pyrite-F and Pyrite-PF systems have also been studied by DFT calculations. Pyrite (111) should be responsible for the generations of free OH and surface OH.
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