Citation: Zhu Meng, Zhang Longshuai, Liu Shanshan, Wang Dengke, Qin Yuancheng, Chen Ying, Dai Weili, Wang Yuehua, Xing Qiuju, Zou Jianping. Degradation of 4-nitrophenol by electrocatalysis and advanced oxidation processes using Co₃O₄@C anode coupled with simultaneous CO₂ reduction via SnO₂/CC cathode[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2020, 31(7): 1961-1965. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.01.017 shu

Degradation of 4-nitrophenol by electrocatalysis and advanced oxidation processes using Co₃O₄@C anode coupled with simultaneous CO₂ reduction via SnO₂/CC cathode

Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China

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Received Date: 28 November 2019
Revised Date: 30 December 2019
Accepted Date: 7 January 2020
Available Online: 10 January 2020

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Herein, we prepared novel three-dimensional (3D) gear-shaped Co₃O₄@C (Co₃O₄ modified by amorphous carbon) and sheet-like SnO₂/CC (SnO₂ grow on the carbon cloth) as anode and cathode to achieve efficient removal of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in the presence of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and simultaneous electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂, respectively. In this process, 4-NP was mineralized into CO₂ by the Co₃O₄@C, and the generated CO₂ was reduced into HCOOH by the sheet-like SnO₂/CC cathode. Compared with the pure Co0.5 (Co₃O₄ was prepared using 0.5 g urea) with PMS (30 mg, 0.5 g/L), the degradation efficiency of 4-NP (60 mL, 10 mg/L) increased from 74.5%-85.1% in 60 min using the Co0.5 modified by amorphous carbon (Co0.5@C). Furthermore, when the voltage of 1.0 V was added in the anodic system of Co0.5@C with PMS (30 mg, 0.5 g/L), the degradation efficiency of 4-NP increased from 85.1%-99.1% when Pt was used as cathode. In the experiments of 4-NP degradation coupled with simultaneous electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction, the degradation efficiency of 4-NP was 99.0% in the anodic system of Co0.5@C with addition of PMS (30 mg, 0.5 g/L), while the Faraday efficiency (FE) of HCOOH was 24.1% at voltage of -1.3 V using the SnO₂/CC as cathode. The results showed that the anode of Co₃O₄ modified by amorphous carbon can markedly improve the degradation efficiency of 4-NP, while the cathode of SnO₂/CC can greatly improve the FE and selectivity of CO₂ reduction to HCOOH and the stability of cathode. Finally, the promotion mechanism was proposed to explain the degradation of organic pollutants and reduction of CO₂ into HCOOH in the process of electrocatalysis coupled with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and simultaneous CO₂ reduction.
- Advanced oxidation processes,
- CO₂ reduction,
- Degradation,
- Electrocatalytic oxidation,
- Sulfate radical
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