Comparison of the Catalytic Performances of Different Commercial Cobalt Oxides for Peroxymonosulfate Activation During Dye Degradation

作者：Zhang Botao^*; Zhang Yang; Xiang Weixu; Teng Yanguo; Wang Ying

来源：Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2017, 33(5): 822-827.

DOI：10.1007/s40242-017-6413-6

• Cobalt oxide
• Peroxymonosulfate
• Dye
• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Degradation

The catalytic performances of different commercial cobalt mddes(CoxOy, i.e., Co2O3, Co3O4, and CoO) for peroxymonosulfate(PMS) activation in dye degradation were compared in this study. The CoO/PMS system exhibited the highest catalytic oxidation performances with more than 96% methylene blue(MB) removal at 90 min. The concentration of dissolved cobalt ions from CoO was 1.474 mg/L at neutral pH and 5.231 mg/L at acidic pH at 90 min which accounted for the high MB removal and CoO activated PMS homogeneously compared to the associated CoSO4/PMS. Co2O3 and Co2O3 exhibited similar catalytic performances and characteristics. The MB removal in Co2O3 /PMS and Co2O3/PMS system were more than 88% at neutral pH and over 64% at acidic pH, respectively, in 90 min. The concentration of dissolved cobalt ions from Co3O4 and Co2O3 was less than 0.018 mg/L at neutral pH and 0.036 mg/L at acidic pH at 90 min. The MB removal achieved by Co2O3 /PMS and Co2O3/PMS were approximately three times higher than that achieved by their associated CoSO4/PMS systems and the heterogeneous catalysis played a principal role in the processes. According to scavenger experiments, the contributions of the hydroxyl radicals in the MB degradation were negligible compared to sulfate radicals in the CoO/PMS system. Hydroxyl radicals contributed one-third or more and sulfate radicals were the dominant oxidizing species in the Co2O3/PMS and Co2O3/PMS systems. CoO could also effectively activate PMS to generate free radicals for degradation of other dyes. The dyedegradation processes in Co2O3/PMS, Co2O3/PMS and CoSO4/PMS systems followed pseudo-first-order kinetic model and dye degradation rates in different systems were also compared.

• 出版日期2017-10
• 单位北京师范大学