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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation |
Author: | Ho, S.H. Chen, Y.D. Li, R. Zhang, C. Ge, Y. Cao, G. Ma, M. Duan, X. Wang, S. Ren, N.Q. |
Citation: | Water Research, 2019; 159:77-86 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
ISSN: | 0043-1354 1879-2448 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Shih-Hsin Ho, Yi-di Chen, Ruixiang Li, Chaofan Zhang, Yiming Ge, Guoliang Cao, Ming Ma, Xiaoguang Duan, Shaobin Wang, Nan-qi Ren |
Abstract: | Biochars are low-cost and environmental-friendly materials, which are promising in wastewater treatment. In this study, biochars were manufactured from C-phycocyanin extracted (C-CP) Spirulina residue (SDBC) via thermal pyrolysis. Simultaneously, N-doping was also achieved from the protein in the algae for obtaining a high-performance carbocatalyst for peroxydisulfate (PDS) activation. The SDBC yielded large specific surface areas, nitrogen loading, and good conductivity, which demonstrated excellent oxidation efficiencies toward a wide array of aqueous microcontaminants. An in-depth mechanistic study was performed by integrating selective radical scavenging, solvent exchange (H2O to D2O), diverse organic probes, and electrochemical measurement, unveiling that SDBC/PDS did not rely on free radicals or singlet oxygen but a nonradical pathway. PDS intimately was bonded with a biochar (SDBC 900-acid, pyrolysis at 900 °C) to form a surface reactive complex that subsequently attacked an organic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) adsorbed on the biochar via an electron-transfer regime. During this process, the SDBC 900-acid played versatile roles in PDS activation, organic accumulation and mediating the electron shuttle from SMX to PDS. This nonradical system can maintain a superior oxidation efficiency in complicated water matrix and long-term stable operation. More importantly, the nonradical species in SDBC 900-acid/PDS system were capable of inactivating the bacteria (Escherichia coli) in wastewater. Therefore, the biochar based nonradical system can provide a mild and high-efficiency strategy for disinfection in waste and drinking water by green carbocatalysis. This study provides not only a value-added biochar catalyst for wastewater purification but also the first insight into the bacteria inactivation via nonradical oxidation. |
Keywords: | Biochar; peroxydisulfate; nonradical; carbocatalysis; bacteria inactivation |
Rights: | © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.008 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.008 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Chemical Engineering publications |
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