A collaborative strategy for enhanced reduction of Cr(VI) by Fe(0) in the presence of oxalate under sunlight : Performance and mechanism

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Nanometer-size zero-valent iron (NZVI) is an efficient reducing agent, but its surface is easily passivated with an oxide layer, leading to reaction inefficiency. In our study, oxalate (OA) was introduced into this heterogeneous system of NZVI, which could form ferrioxalate complexes with the NZVI surface-bound Fe3+ and dissolved Fe3+ in the solution. Photolysis of ferrioxalate complexes can facilitate the generation of Fe2+ from Fe3+ and CO2•- radical, both species have strong reduction capacity. Hence, a "photo-oxalate-Fe(0)" system through sunlight induction was established, which not only prohibited the formation of a surface passivation layer, but also displayed a synergetic mechanism of ferrioxalate photolysis to enhance reduction, exhibiting remarkably higher degradation activity (several times faster) toward the model pollutant Cr(VI) than the mechanism with NZVI alone. Factor tests suggested that both NZVI dosage and OA content markedly affected the reduction rate. Low pH was beneficial to the reduction efficiency. Moreover, recyclability experiment showed that the reduction rate decreased from 0.21706 to 0.03977 min-1 after three cycles of reuse due to the NZVI losing reaction activity generally, but the system still maintained considerable reduction capacity. Finally, a mechanism was revealed whereby NZVI would transform to Fe oxides after the exhaustion of its reductive power, and the photolysis of ferrioxalate to promote the cycling of iron species played the predominant role in providing extra reduction ability. These features confirm that introduction of OA into Cr(VI) reduction by NZVI through sunlight induction is advantageous and promising.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:90

Enthalten in:

Journal of environmental sciences (China) - 90(2020) vom: 25. Apr., Seite 385-394

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0R0008Q3JB
18540-29-9
Chromium
Chromium hexavalent ion
Cycling of surface iron
E1UOL152H7
Iron
Journal Article
Nanometer-size zero-valent iron
Oxalate
Oxalates
Photolysis of ferrioxalate
Sun irradiation
Synergetic mechanism
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 13.05.2020

Date Revised 13.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jes.2019.12.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306749319