Tailoring the selective generation of oxidative organic radicals for toxic-by-product-free water decontamination.

Autor: Jing-Hang Wu, Tian-Hao Yang, Yi-Jiao Sun, Yuan Min, Yi Hu, Fei Chen, Jie-Jie Chen, Han-Qing Yu
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 6/4/2024, Vol. 121 Issue 23, p1-S39, 50p
Abstrakt: Peracetic acid (PAA) is emerging as a versatile agent for generating long-lived and selectively oxidative organic radicals (R-O•). Currently, the conventional transition metal-based activation strategies still suffer from metal ion leaching, undesirable by-products formation, and uncontrolled reactive species production. To address these challenges, we present a method employing BiOI with a unique electron structure as a PAA activator, thereby predominantly generating CH3C(O)O• radicals. The specificity of CH3C(O) O• generation ensured the superior performance of the BiOI/PAA system across a wide pH range (2.0 to 11.0), even in the presence of complex interfering substances such as humic acids, chloride ions, bicarbonate ions, and real-world water matrices. Unlike conventional catalytic oxidative methods, the BiOI/PAA system degrades sulfonamides without producing any toxic by-products. Our findings demonstrate the advantages of CH3C(O)O• in water decontamination and pave the way for the development of eco-friendly water decontaminations based on organic peroxides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index