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Ferrous and manganese oxalate for efficient heterogenous-Fenton degradation of organic pollutants: composite active site and mechanism perception

  • Liumi Deng , Hao Ren , Lu Fu , Meng Liao , Xiang Zhou , Shaohua Chen EMAIL logo , Hua Wang EMAIL logo and Luoxin Wang
Published/Copyright: May 23, 2023
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 21 Issue 9

Abstract

Composite heterogeneous catalysts of ferrous and manganese oxalate (FeC2O4/MnC2O4) were prepared via simple chemical co-precipitation. The catalytic performance was evaluated by determining the degradation efficiency of rhodamine B (RhB). Under optimum conditions, 6-1FeMn showed the best catalytic performance, and the degradation efficiency exceeded 95 % within 2 min, which was 1.4 times more than ferrous oxalate. Under a wide pH range (1–8), 6-1FeMn showed high degradation efficiency for RhB with good recyclability and reusability. By characterizing the catalysts before and after the reaction and analyzing the degradation process, a possible mechanism was proposed: Mn2+ and Fe2+ synergistically catalyzed and produced a large number of hydroxyl radicals (·OH) by forming a composite active site for efficient reactivation. Mn3+ accelerated the transfer between Fe2+ and Fe3+. In addition, C2O4 2− reactivated the active site in situ and enhanced the catalytic properties. This study provides new insight into the catalytic degradation of organic dyes using composite heterogeneous Fenton catalysts.

Keywords: composite active site; ferrous and manganese oxalate; heterogeneous Fenton process; in situ reactivation
Corresponding authors: Shaohua Chen and Hua Wang, Key Laboratory for New Textile, Materials and Applications of Hubei Province, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China, E-mail: ,

Funding source: the Hubei Provincial Department of Education key project

Award Identifier / Grant number: NO. D20221706

  1. Author contribution: L.D. carried out the research work and carried out the writing of the manuscript. H.R; L.F; M.L. and X.Z. helped in the collection of spectroscopic data. S.C. and H.W. hypothesized the concept. All the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

  2. Research funding: The research was supported by the Hubei Provincial Department of Education key project (NO. D20221706).

  3. Conflict of interests statement: The authors declare no competing interests.

  4. Data availability: Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available for all spectroscopic data is available free of charge via the Internet at http://.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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This article contains supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2023-0024).

Received: 2023-01-31
Accepted: 2023-05-06
Published Online: 2023-05-23

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Keywords for this article
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