Coincorporation of N and S into Zero-Valent Iron to Enhance TCE Dechlorination: Kinetics, Electron Efficiency, and Dechlorination Capacity
| Autor: | Chengshuai Liu, Li Gong, Dong Cheng, Xiaojiang Qiu, Zaizhi Zhang, Hu Yao, Dezhi Yang, Liyuan Liang, Qunsen Yuan, Feng He |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Zerovalent iron Chloroform Iron Kinetics Groundwater remediation Inorganic chemistry Sulfidation chemistry.chemical_element Electrons General Chemistry Sulfur Trichloroethylene chemistry.chemical_compound Hydrocarbon chemistry Acetylene Environmental Chemistry Groundwater Water Pollutants Chemical |
| Zdroj: | Environmental sciencetechnology. 55(23) |
| ISSN: | 1520-5851 |
| Popis: | Sulfidated zero-valent iron (S-ZVI) enhances the degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbon (CHC) in contaminated groundwater. Despite numerous studies of S-ZVI, a versatile strategy to improve its dechlorination kinetics, electron efficiency (ee), and dechlorination capacity is still needed. Here, we used heteroatom incorporation of N(C) and S by ball-milling of microscale ZVI with melamine and sulfur via nitridation and sulfidation to synthesize S-N(C)-mZVIbm particles that contain reactive Fe-NX(C) and FeS species. Sulfidation and nitridation synergistically increased the trichloroethene (TCE) dechlorination rate, with reaction constants kSA of 2.98 × 10-2 L·h-1·m-2 by S-N(C)-mZVIbm, compared to 1.77 × 10-3 and 8.15 × 10-5 L·h-1·m-2 by S-mZVIbm and N(C)-mZVIbm, respectively. Data show that sulfidation suppressed the reductive dissociation of N(C) from S-N(C)-mZVIbm, which stabilized the reactive Fe-NX(C) and reserved electrons for TCE dechlorination. In addition to lowering H2 production, S-N(C)-mZVIbm dechlorinated TCE to less reduced products (e.g., acetylene), contributing to the material's higher ee and dechlorination capacity. This synergistic effect on TCE degradation can be extended to other recalcitrant CHCs (e.g., chloroform) in both deionized and groundwater. This multiheteroatom incorporation approach to optimize ZVI for groundwater remediation provides a basis for further advances in reactive material synthesis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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