Citation: Dongxue Yang, Dan Qu, Li An, Xupeng Zong, Zaicheng Sun. A metal-free carbon dots for wastewater treatment by visible light active photo-Fenton-like reaction in the broad pH range[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(7): 2292-2296. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.02.005 shu

A metal-free carbon dots for wastewater treatment by visible light active photo-Fenton-like reaction in the broad pH range

Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

danqu@bjut.edu.cn

sunzc@bjut.edu.cn

Received Date: 19 December 2020
Revised Date: 25 January 2021
Accepted Date: 1 February 2021
Available Online: 4 February 2021

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Carbon dots (Cdots) has been proved to possess the catalytic decomposition of H₂O₂ in the photocatalytic system. It is a potential photo-Fenton catalyst. Since multiple emissive Cdots have different light response range. There is rarely investigation on the performance of Cdots based photo-Fenton on the light wavelength. Herein, blue, green and red emissive carbon dots were synthesized from the different ratio of o-phenylenediamine and catechol by the solvothermal method. They exhibit different light adsorption range from UV to visible light. Furthermore, the photo-Fenton reactivity of Cdots was studied for catalyzing the decomposition of H₂O₂ to generate free hydroxyl radicals and consequently applying for the removal of methyl blue. The results exhibit that Cdots with the broader light adsorption rang possess the stronger catalytic activity for the photo-Fenton reaction. The H₂O₂ decomposition rate of red emissive Cdots is 0.074 min⁻¹, which is 2.64 and 1.46 times than the blue and green emissive Cdots, respectively. And the radical detection results confirm that the photo-Fenton happens in the reaction. In addition, the Cdots photo-Fenton can be carried out in the broad pH range from acidic to basic solution, which has a great potential to treat wastewater in the neutral system.
- Carbon dot,
- Photo-Fenton reaction,
- H₂O₂,
- Visible light,
- Wastewater treatment
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