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Fe-based metallic glass as heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for azo dyes degradation: effect of inorganic anions

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Metallic glasses (MGs) are promising heterogeneous catalysts in water remediation, due to their superior efficiency, selectivity, reusability and corrosion resistance. However, few works are focused on the influence of inorganic anions that are abundant in wastewater. Herein, four common inorganic anions were added in a heterogeneous Fenton-like system (Fe–MG/H2O2) to study inorganic anions’ influence on MGs’ catalytic performance during methylene blue (MB) degradation. Evidence demonstrated that chloride ions and dihydrogen phosphate ions had an adverse effect on the catalytic performance of Fe–MG, whereas Fe–MG/H2O2 system sustained high efficiency in the presence of sulfate ions and nitrate ions during the Fenton-like process. By studying the structure, surface morphology, and evolution of active species, it was found that inorganic anions had a significant effect on the surface morphology of Fe–MG and the generation of active species. This work will provide essential references for MGs as heterogeneous catalysts in practical applications.

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非晶（MGs）是一种很有前景的非均相催化剂，在水处理过程中展现出了优异的处理效率、选择性、可重复使用性和耐腐蚀性。然而，很少有工作关注废水中丰富的无机阴离子对水处理过程的影响。本文通过在非均相类Fenton体系（Fe-MG/H2O2）中添加四种常见的无机阴离子，研究无机阴离子在MGs对亚甲基蓝（MB）降解过程中催化性能的影响。研究结果表明，氯离子和磷酸二氢根离子对Fe-MG的催化性能会产生不利影响，而Fe-MG/H2O2体系在Fenton过程中存在硫酸根离子和硝酸根离子时，降解过程仍能保持高效。通过研究结构、表面形态和活性物种的演化，发现无机阴离子对Fe-MG的表面形态和活性物种的生成有着重要影响。这项工作将为MGs作为非均相催化剂的实际应用提供重要参考。

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This study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFB3802800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52101195, 51871120 and 52271147), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Nos. BK20190480 and BK20200019), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 30920021156 and 30920010004) and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology.

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Zhou, MJ., Zhang, WT., Li, Z. et al. Fe-based metallic glass as heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for azo dyes degradation: effect of inorganic anions. Rare Met. 42, 3443–3454 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02327-8

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