Exploration of perfluorooctane sulfonate degradation properties and mechanism via electron-transfer dominated radical process

Autor: Meng Li, Yu-Ting Jin, Jian-Fang Yan, Zhang Liu, Nai-Xian Feng, Wei Han, Long-Wei Huang, Qin-Ke Li, King-Lun Yeung, Shao-Qi Zhou, Ce-Hui Mo
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Water research. 215
ISSN: 1879-2448
Popis: Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) widely used in lubricants, surfactant, textiles, paper coatings, cosmetics, and fire-fighting foams can release a large deal of organics contaminants into wastewater and pose great risks to the health of humans and eco-environments. Although advanced oxidation processes can effectively deconstruct various organic contaminants via reactive radicals, the stable structure of PFCs makes it difficult to be degraded. Here, we confirm that electrochemical oxidation process coupled with peroxymonosulfate (PMS) reaction can efficiently destroy stable structure of PFCs via electron transfer and meanwhile completely degrade PFCs via generated active radicals. We further studies via capturing and scavenging radicals, and DFT calculations find that electron hydroxyl radials play a dominant role in degrading PFCs. Based on the calculations of adsorption energy and molecular orbital energy we further demonstrate that many active sites on the surface of Ti
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