NiO/nanoporous carbon heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for aqueous microcystine-LR decomposition

Abstract

The efficacy of NiO nanoparticles dispersed on a nanoporous carbon matrix (NiO/NPC) for microcystine-LR degradation in aqueous media is reported. The NiO/NPC catalyst was characterized by porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and applied to the oxidative degradation of microcystine-LR contaminated water in the presence of hydrogen peroxide as a function of pH under ambient conditions. Optimal MC-LR removal efficiency was 86% at neutral pH catalyzed by this heterogeneous Fenton-like (NiO/NPC with H2O2) process, which has the added benefit of avoiding secondary metal pollution during microcystine-LR degradation. NiO/NPC represents an earth abundant catalyst for generating hydroxyl radicals to facilitate environmental depollution of organic pollutants from wastewater.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2017.02.024
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Additional Information: © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: EPSRC (EP/K021796/1, EP/K029525/2); Royal Society and Science and Engineering Research Board for the award of a Royal Society- SERB “Newton International Fellowship”; National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (No. 2016R1A2B4009122).
Uncontrolled Keywords: carbon,heterogeneous catalyst,microcystine-LR,nickel,oxidation,Chemistry(all),Chemical Engineering(all)
Publication ISSN: 1876-1070
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2024 08:11
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2017 11:05
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-05
Published Online Date: 2017-03-18
Accepted Date: 2017-02-24
Submitted Date: 2016-09-06
Authors: Jo, Wan-Kuen
Karthikeyan, S.
Isaacs, Mark A.
Lee, Adam F.
Wilson, Karen (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4873-708X)
Shin, Seung Ho
Lee, Jun Ho
Kim, Mo Keun
Park, Byung Sik
Sekaran, G.

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