Manganese oxide integrated catalytic ceramic membrane for degradation of organic pollutants using sulfate radicals

Abstract

Membrane separation and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been respectively demonstrated to be effective for a variety of water and/or wastewater treatments. Innovative integration of membrane with catalytic oxidation is thus expected to be more competing for more versatile applications. In this study, ceramic membranes (CMs) integrated with manganese oxide (MnO2) were designed and fabricated via a simple one-step ball-milling method with a high temperature sintering. Functional membranes with different loadings of MnO2 (1.67%, 3.33% and 6.67% of the total membrane mass) were then fabricated. The micro-structures and compositions of the catalytic membranes were investigated by a number of advanced characterisations. It was found that the MnO2 nanocatalysts (10–20 nm) were distributed uniformly around the Al2O3 particles (500 nm) of the membrane basal material, and can provide a large amount of active sites for the peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation which can be facilitated within the pores of the catalytic membrane. The catalytic degradation of 4-hydroxylbenzoic acid (HBA), which is induced by the sulfate radicals via PMS activation, was investigated in a cross-flow membrane unit. The degradation efficiency slightly increased with a higher MnO2 loading. Moreover, even with the lowest loading of MnO2 (1.67%), the effectiveness of HBA degradation was still prominent, shown by that a 98.9% HBA degradation was achieved at the permeated side within 30 min when the initial HBA concentration was 80 ppm. The stability and leaching tests revealed a good stability of the catalytic membrane even after the 6th run. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and quenching tests were used to investigate the mechanism of PMS activation and HBA degradation. Both sulfate radicals (SO4˙−) and hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) were generated in the catalytic membrane process. Moreover, the contribution from non-radical process was also observed. This study provides a novel strategy for preparing a ceramic membrane with the function of catalytic degradation of organic pollutants, as well as outlining into future integration of separation and AOPs.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115110
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Materials Research (AIMR)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information: © 2019, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Manganese oxides,Catalytic membrane,Sulfate radicals,4-Hydroxylbenzoic acid (HBA); AOPs
Publication ISSN: 1879-2448
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2024 08:35
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2019 15:04
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-12-15
Published Online Date: 2019-09-24
Accepted Date: 2019-09-22
Authors: Wu, Hong
Xu, Xinyuan
Shi, Lei
Yin, Yu
Zhang, Lai-chang
Wu, Zhentao (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-4934-8046)
Duan, Xiaoguang
Wang, Shaobin
Sun, Hongqi

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