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Conspectus: Redox reactions of Fe- and Mn-oxides play important roles in the fate and transformation of many contaminants in natural environments. Due to experimental and analytical challenges associated with complex environments, there has been a limited understanding of the reaction kinetics and mechanisms in actual environmental systems, and most of the studies so far have only focused on simple model systems. To bridge the gap between simple model systems and complex environmental systems, it is necessary to increase the complexity of model systems and examine both the involved interaction mechanisms and how the interactions affected contaminant transformation. In this Account, we primarily focused on (1) the oxidative reactivity of Mn- and Fe-oxides and (2) the reductive reactivity of Fe(II)/iron oxides in complex model systems toward contaminant degradation. The effects of common metal ions such as Mn2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cr3+ and Cu2+, ligands such as small anionic ligands and natural organic matter (NOM), and second metal oxides such as Al, Si and Ti oxides on the redox reactivity of the systems are briefly summarized.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants CBET-1762691 and CHE-1808406 to H. Zhang. The authors are thankful to Dr. Zheng Li at University of Washington for the assistance for TOC drawing.
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Huichun Zhang is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. She earned her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology and B.S. and M.S. from Nanjing University. Her research focuses on the fate and transformation of contaminants in natural and engineered environments and water/was-tewater treatment.
Dr. Jianzhi Huang is a postdoc at the University of Washington studying the properties of interfacial water at hydrophilic surface. He received Ph.D. in 2019 from Case Western Reserve University under the guidance of Prof. Huichun (Judy) Zhang. His research interests focus on environmental interfacial chemistry and its applications.
Highlights
• Mechanisms of redox reactions of Fe- and Mnoxides were discussed.
• Oxidative reactions of Mn- and Fe-oxides in complex systems were reviewed.
• Reductive reaction of Fe(II)/iron oxides in complex systems was examined.
• Future research on examining the redox reactivity in complex systems was suggested.
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Huang, J., Zhang, H. Redox reactions of iron and manganese oxides in complex systems. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 14, 76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1255-8
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