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Activation of peroxydisulfate by MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 for 2-chlorophenol–contaminated soil: parameter optimization by response surface methodology

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Abstract

Purpose

Soil organic matter pollution is a serious threat to the human living environment. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 catalyzed peroxynitrite degradation of 2-chlorophenol in soil and to analyze the reaction mechanism and further to explore the optimal parameters of this reaction system with utilizing the mathematical model.

Methods

MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 was successfully obtained by hydrothermal synthesis method by growing MIL-101(Fe) on the surface of g-C3N4 to catalyze the degradation of 2-CP (2-chlorophenol) in soil by sodium persulfate. The influence factors on the removal rate of 2-CP were analyzed by the response surface methodology (RSM) and combined with theoretical calculations. RSM can be used to model continuous variable surfaces with less data and determine the optimal level range.

Results

MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 had a good catalytic performance due to its good catalytic properties and the adsorption of g-C3N4 on 2-CP in the system and made the best removal rate of 2-CP increase to 91.2%. The correlation of model fitting results was significant, and the verification of its optimal parameters yielded results with an error of only 4.1%.

Conclusion

Further studies revealed that SO4•− and •OH were the reactive radicals, and SO4•− was the dominant, which impelled Fe2+ and Fe3+ to interconvert in the complex system. Possible degradation pathways were derived by analyzing the intermediates. Generally, this experiment provides some ideas for future research of MOFs in soil organic pollutant removal systems.

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Acknowledgements

The work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2018YFC1802605), Sichuan Provincial Major Science and Technology Project (No.22QYCX0088), International Cooperation Project of Sichuan Province (No. 2019YFH1027), Sichuan University-Yibin City school and City Strategic Cooperation Project (N0.2019 CDYB-26, No.2020CDYB-9).

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    Quanfeng Liu, Jiang Yu, Yinying Jiang, Chengwei Zhong, Senxu Ding, Peng Zhou & Yuanxiao Jin

  2. Yibin Institute of Industrial Technology, Sichuan University, Yibin, 644000, People’s Republic of China

    Quanfeng Liu, Jiang Yu, Yinying Jiang, Chengwei Zhong & Peng Zhou

  3. Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, 610065, People’s Republic of China

    Jiang Yu & Yuanxiao Jin

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Liu, Q., Yu, J., Jiang, Y. et al. Activation of peroxydisulfate by MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 for 2-chlorophenol–contaminated soil: parameter optimization by response surface methodology. J Soils Sediments 22, 2009–2021 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03217-9

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