A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions

Spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared, characterized, and tested in degradation of aqueous phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulfate. It was found that Mn3O4 and Co3O4 nanoparticles are highly effective in heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate to produce sulf...

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Main Authors: Saputra, E., Muhammad, S., Sun, Hongqi, Ang, Ha Ming, Tade, Moses, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Academic Press 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31728
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author Saputra, E.
Muhammad, S.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ha Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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Muhammad, S.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ha Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared, characterized, and tested in degradation of aqueous phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulfate. It was found that Mn3O4 and Co3O4 nanoparticles are highly effective in heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate to produce sulfate radicals for phenol degradation. The activity shows an order of Mn3O4 > Co3O4 > Fe3O4. Mn3O4 could fast and completely remove phenol in about 20 min, at the conditions of 25 ppm phenol, 0.4 g/L catalyst, 2 g/L oxone®, and 25 °C. A pseudo first order model would fit to phenol degradation kinetics and activation energies on Mn3O4 and Co3O4 were obtained as 38.5 and 66.2 kJ/mol, respectively. In addition, Mn3O4 exhibited excellent catalytic stability in several runs, demonstrating that Mn3O4 is a promising catalyst alternative to toxic Co3O4 for water treatment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-317282019-02-19T05:35:34Z A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions Saputra, E. Muhammad, S. Sun, Hongqi Ang, Ha Ming Tade, Moses Wang, Shaobin Co3O4 Mn3O4 Fe3O4 phenol degradation metal oxides spinel structure Spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared, characterized, and tested in degradation of aqueous phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulfate. It was found that Mn3O4 and Co3O4 nanoparticles are highly effective in heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate to produce sulfate radicals for phenol degradation. The activity shows an order of Mn3O4 > Co3O4 > Fe3O4. Mn3O4 could fast and completely remove phenol in about 20 min, at the conditions of 25 ppm phenol, 0.4 g/L catalyst, 2 g/L oxone®, and 25 °C. A pseudo first order model would fit to phenol degradation kinetics and activation energies on Mn3O4 and Co3O4 were obtained as 38.5 and 66.2 kJ/mol, respectively. In addition, Mn3O4 exhibited excellent catalytic stability in several runs, demonstrating that Mn3O4 is a promising catalyst alternative to toxic Co3O4 for water treatment. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31728 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.06.061 Academic Press fulltext
spellingShingle Co3O4
Mn3O4
Fe3O4
phenol degradation
metal oxides
spinel structure
Saputra, E.
Muhammad, S.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ha Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title_full A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title_fullStr A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title_short A comparative study of spinel structured Mn3O4, Co3O4 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
title_sort comparative study of spinel structured mn3o4, co3o4 and fe3o4 nanoparticles in catalytic oxidation of phenolic contaminants in aqueous solutions
topic Co3O4
Mn3O4
Fe3O4
phenol degradation
metal oxides
spinel structure
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31728