TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating crystal plane effect of Co3O4 with various morphologies on catalytic activation of monopersulfate for degradation of phenol in water
AU - Liu, Wei Jie
AU - Wang, Haitao
AU - Lee, Jechan
AU - Kwon, Eilhann
AU - Thanh, Bui Xuan
AU - You, Siming
AU - Park, Young Kwon
AU - Tong, Shaoping
AU - Lin, Kun Yi Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - As phenol represents as the most typical persistent organic pollutants in wastewater, SO4•−-involved chemical oxidation techniques using monopersulfate (MPS) have been regarded as a promising method to eliminate phenol. Since Co3O4 is the benchmark heterogeneous catalyst for activating MPS, it is highly critical to investigate shape-varied Co3O4 catalysts with well-defined crystal planes for activating MPS to degrade phenol. Thus, the aim of this study is to elucidate how different Co3O4 catalysts with various well-defined planes would influence catalytic activities for MPS activation. Specifically, three Co3O4 nanocrystals are fabricated: nanoplate (NP), nanobundle (NB), and nanocube (NC) with different dominant exposed facets of {1 1 2}, {1 1 0}, and {1 0 0}, respectively. As the facets of {1 1 2} and {1 1 0} consist of more abundant Co2+/Co3+, Co3O4-NP and Co3O4-NB exhibit noticeably higher catalytic activities then Co3O4-NC for activating MPS to degrade phenol. Nevertheless, since Co3O4-NP shows a much higher surface area than Co3O4-NB, Co3O4-NP could exhibit a relatively high catalytic activity in comparison to Co3O4-NB. In addition, Co3O4-NP also exhibits much faster degradation kinetics with a rate constant of 0.061 min−1 at 30 °C, and more resistance towards pH variation, with much stable reaction stoichiometric efficiencies (RSE) ranging from 0.034 to 0.039 at pH = 3 ~ 9, than the other two Co3O4 nanocrystals, making Co3O4-NP with the {1 1 2} facet a more outstanding Co3O4 for activating MPS to degrade phenol.
AB - As phenol represents as the most typical persistent organic pollutants in wastewater, SO4•−-involved chemical oxidation techniques using monopersulfate (MPS) have been regarded as a promising method to eliminate phenol. Since Co3O4 is the benchmark heterogeneous catalyst for activating MPS, it is highly critical to investigate shape-varied Co3O4 catalysts with well-defined crystal planes for activating MPS to degrade phenol. Thus, the aim of this study is to elucidate how different Co3O4 catalysts with various well-defined planes would influence catalytic activities for MPS activation. Specifically, three Co3O4 nanocrystals are fabricated: nanoplate (NP), nanobundle (NB), and nanocube (NC) with different dominant exposed facets of {1 1 2}, {1 1 0}, and {1 0 0}, respectively. As the facets of {1 1 2} and {1 1 0} consist of more abundant Co2+/Co3+, Co3O4-NP and Co3O4-NB exhibit noticeably higher catalytic activities then Co3O4-NC for activating MPS to degrade phenol. Nevertheless, since Co3O4-NP shows a much higher surface area than Co3O4-NB, Co3O4-NP could exhibit a relatively high catalytic activity in comparison to Co3O4-NB. In addition, Co3O4-NP also exhibits much faster degradation kinetics with a rate constant of 0.061 min−1 at 30 °C, and more resistance towards pH variation, with much stable reaction stoichiometric efficiencies (RSE) ranging from 0.034 to 0.039 at pH = 3 ~ 9, than the other two Co3O4 nanocrystals, making Co3O4-NP with the {1 1 2} facet a more outstanding Co3O4 for activating MPS to degrade phenol.
KW - CoO
KW - Crystal plane
KW - Monopersulfate
KW - Oxidation
KW - Phenol
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U2 - 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119368
DO - 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119368
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111845785
SN - 1383-5866
VL - 276
JO - Separation and Purification Technology
JF - Separation and Purification Technology
M1 - 119368
ER -