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The destruction of trichloroethylene by zinc dioxide using a modified Fenton reaction: Performance and a preliminary mechanism

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The use of zinc dioxide (ZnO2) powder as a source of H2O2 in a modified Fenton reaction catalyzed with Fe(II) to destroy trichloroethylene (TCE) was investigated. The experimental results showed that the optimum molar ratio of ZnO2/Fe(II)/TCE in ZnO2/Fe(II)/TCE system was 20/20/1 with a TCE removal of up to 99.6%. TCE degradation was significantly inhibited by the low reaction temperature and influenced by the initial solution pH, in which ZnO2/Fe(II)/TCE system was suited for high temperature and low pH settings. Both Cl− and HCO3− anions showed a detrimental effect on TCE elimination with HCO3− being more significant. The addition of a high concentration (100 mg/L) of HA in solution inhabited TCE degradation performance, while the effect was negligible at low concentrations (1–10 mg/L). The tests with hydroxyl radical (HO·) scavengers elucidated that TCE was mainly degraded by HO· radicals in ZnO2/Fe(II)/TCE system. TCE degradation and the dechlorination proceeded simultaneously, but the final release of Cl− was less than the degraded TCE, indicating the occurrence of chlorinated intermediates in the reaction process.

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This study was financially supported by the grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41977164).

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    Xinyan Wei & Xiaori Fu

  3. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

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Xinyan Wei was involved in conceptualization, methodology, software, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, and writing—original draft. Xiaori Fu was involved in methodology, software, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, validation, and writing—review and editing. Shuguang Lyu was involved in validation, writing—review and editing, supervision, project administration, and funding acquisition. Xinyan Wei and Xiaori Fu contributed to the manuscript equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

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Wei, X., Fu, X. & Lyu, S. The destruction of trichloroethylene by zinc dioxide using a modified Fenton reaction: Performance and a preliminary mechanism. Res Chem Intermed 48, 4459–4473 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-022-04837-z

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