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Feasibility and mechanism of p-nitrophenol decomposition in aqueous dispersions of ferrihydrite and H2O2 under irradiation

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This investigation illustrates the fact that the effective decomposition of p-nitrophenol (p-NP) in H2O2/ferrihydrite (FH) dispersion under irradiation is a homogeneous Fenton-like reaction in a heterogeneous system. The decomposition of p-NP is initiated from the photo-dissolution of FH into aqueous Fe(III) that reacts slowly with H2O2 to generate hydroxyl radical. Hydroquinone, the initial intermediate of p-NP decomposition, auto-accelerates the subsequent decomposition of p-NP due to its acceleration of the photo-reductive dissolution of FH. The effect of key operating parameters such as FH dosage, initial solution pH and H2O2 dosage was also studied on the photo-induced decomposition of p-NP. The results indicate that the combination of FH and H2O2 with a molar ratio of 1:0.225 is highly efficient for the decomposition of p-NP (0.15 mM) at pH 2.5–3.0.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21077031).

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  1. Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, China

    Yongjuan Wu & Dong Wu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Yongjuan Wu

  3. Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nanomaterials of Hebei Province, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050016, China

    Yongjuan Wu, Rufen Chen, Hui Liu & Yu Wei

  4. Huihua College of Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050091, China

    Yongjuan Wu

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Wu, Y., Chen, R., Liu, H. et al. Feasibility and mechanism of p-nitrophenol decomposition in aqueous dispersions of ferrihydrite and H2O2 under irradiation. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 110, 87–99 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-013-0571-4

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