Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Metal-based catalysis has significantly contributed to the chemical community especially in environmental science. However, the knowledge of cobalt-based perovskite for aqueous phase oxidation still remains equivocal and insufficient. In this study, we discovered that Ba 0.5 Sr...

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Main Authors: Duan, Xiaoguang, Su, C., Miao, J., Zhong, Y., Shao, Zongping, Wang, Shaobin, Sun, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57996
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author Duan, Xiaoguang
Su, C.
Miao, J.
Zhong, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Wang, Shaobin
Sun, H.
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Su, C.
Miao, J.
Zhong, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Wang, Shaobin
Sun, H.
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description © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Metal-based catalysis has significantly contributed to the chemical community especially in environmental science. However, the knowledge of cobalt-based perovskite for aqueous phase oxidation still remains equivocal and insufficient. In this study, we discovered that Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 O 3-d (BSCF) perovskite was exclusively effective for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation to produce free radicals, whereas the BSCF was inert to activate peroxydisulfate (PDS) and hydrogen peroxide. The BSCF/PMS exhibited superior performance to the benchmark Co 3 O 4 nanocrystals and other classical PMS activators such as a-MnO 2 and spinel CoFe 2 O 4 , meanwhile achieving an impressive stability with manipulated cobalt leaching in neutral and basic environment. In situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) revealed the evolution of massive sulfate radicals (SO 4 [rad] - ) and hydroxyl radicals ([rad]OH) during the oxidation. A comprehensively comparative study of BSCF and Co 3 O 4 nanocrystals was performed, including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammograms (CV) in PMS solution as well as hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H 2 -TPR) and oxygen temperature-programmed desorption (O 2 -TPD) tests. The results unveil that the cobalt-based perovskite, BSCF, exhibited a better electrical conductivity and redox potential than the spinel cobalt oxide to interact with PMS. More importantly, the oxygen vacancies and less-electronegativity A-site metals may secure cobalt sites with a lower valence state for donating electrons to PMS simultaneously for radical generation. This study advances the mechanism of cobalt-based heterogeneous catalysis in environmental remediation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-579962022-10-26T07:12:11Z Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals Duan, Xiaoguang Su, C. Miao, J. Zhong, Y. Shao, Zongping Wang, Shaobin Sun, H. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Metal-based catalysis has significantly contributed to the chemical community especially in environmental science. However, the knowledge of cobalt-based perovskite for aqueous phase oxidation still remains equivocal and insufficient. In this study, we discovered that Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 O 3-d (BSCF) perovskite was exclusively effective for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation to produce free radicals, whereas the BSCF was inert to activate peroxydisulfate (PDS) and hydrogen peroxide. The BSCF/PMS exhibited superior performance to the benchmark Co 3 O 4 nanocrystals and other classical PMS activators such as a-MnO 2 and spinel CoFe 2 O 4 , meanwhile achieving an impressive stability with manipulated cobalt leaching in neutral and basic environment. In situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) revealed the evolution of massive sulfate radicals (SO 4 [rad] - ) and hydroxyl radicals ([rad]OH) during the oxidation. A comprehensively comparative study of BSCF and Co 3 O 4 nanocrystals was performed, including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammograms (CV) in PMS solution as well as hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H 2 -TPR) and oxygen temperature-programmed desorption (O 2 -TPD) tests. The results unveil that the cobalt-based perovskite, BSCF, exhibited a better electrical conductivity and redox potential than the spinel cobalt oxide to interact with PMS. More importantly, the oxygen vacancies and less-electronegativity A-site metals may secure cobalt sites with a lower valence state for donating electrons to PMS simultaneously for radical generation. This study advances the mechanism of cobalt-based heterogeneous catalysis in environmental remediation. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57996 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.08.088 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Duan, Xiaoguang
Su, C.
Miao, J.
Zhong, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Wang, Shaobin
Sun, H.
Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title_full Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title_fullStr Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title_full_unstemmed Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title_short Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
title_sort insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57996