New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures

Heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) has become an attractive approach for catalytic oxidation since it can not only provide sulfate radicals as an alternative to hydroxyl radicals, but also avoid the metal toxicity in homogeneous catalysis. In this study, three one-dimensional (1D) a...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yuxian, Indrawirawan, S., Duan, X., Sun, Hongqi, Ang, Ming, Tade, Moses, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9694
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author Wang, Yuxian
Indrawirawan, S.
Duan, X.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
author_facet Wang, Yuxian
Indrawirawan, S.
Duan, X.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
author_sort Wang, Yuxian
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) has become an attractive approach for catalytic oxidation since it can not only provide sulfate radicals as an alternative to hydroxyl radicals, but also avoid the metal toxicity in homogeneous catalysis. In this study, three one-dimensional (1D) a-MnO2 nanostructures, nanorods, nanotubes and nanowires, were fabricated by a one-pot hydrothermal method without addition of any surfactants. Shape-dependent performance of 1D a-MnO2 was observed in catalytic degradation of phenol solutions. The phenol oxidation can be described by a first-order kinetic model and the activation energies of phenol oxidation on three a-MnO2 materials were estimated to be 20.3, 39.3 and 87.1 kJ/mol on nanowires, nanorods, and nanotubes, respectively. Both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra and competitive radical tests were applied to investigate the PMS activation processes and to differentiate the major reactive species dominating the catalytic oxidation. The processes of PMS activation, evolution of sulfate radicals, and phenol degradation pathways were clearly illustrated.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-96942017-02-28T01:32:39Z New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures Wang, Yuxian Indrawirawan, S. Duan, X. Sun, Hongqi Ang, Ming Tade, Moses Wang, Shaobin Heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) has become an attractive approach for catalytic oxidation since it can not only provide sulfate radicals as an alternative to hydroxyl radicals, but also avoid the metal toxicity in homogeneous catalysis. In this study, three one-dimensional (1D) a-MnO2 nanostructures, nanorods, nanotubes and nanowires, were fabricated by a one-pot hydrothermal method without addition of any surfactants. Shape-dependent performance of 1D a-MnO2 was observed in catalytic degradation of phenol solutions. The phenol oxidation can be described by a first-order kinetic model and the activation energies of phenol oxidation on three a-MnO2 materials were estimated to be 20.3, 39.3 and 87.1 kJ/mol on nanowires, nanorods, and nanotubes, respectively. Both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra and competitive radical tests were applied to investigate the PMS activation processes and to differentiate the major reactive species dominating the catalytic oxidation. The processes of PMS activation, evolution of sulfate radicals, and phenol degradation pathways were clearly illustrated. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9694 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Wang, Yuxian
Indrawirawan, S.
Duan, X.
Sun, Hongqi
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title_full New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title_fullStr New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title_full_unstemmed New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title_short New insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-MnO2 nanostructures
title_sort new insights into heterogeneous generation and evolution processes of sulfate radicals for phenol degradation over one-dimensional a-mno2 nanostructures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9694