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Engineering doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2023.06.010

Mass Transfer-Promoted Fe2+/Fe3+ Circulation Steered by 3D Flow-Through Co-Catalyst System Toward Sustainable Advanced Oxidation Processes

a National Engineering Lab of Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
b Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Technology, Shaoxing 312000, China
c Jiangsu Ruiya Stirring Technology Co., Ltd., Yixing 214200, China

Available online: 2023-08-19

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Abstract

Realizing fast and continuous generation of reactive oxygen species (ROSs) via iron-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is significant in the environmental and biological fields. However, current AOPs assisted by co-catalysts still suffer from the poor mass/electron transfer and non-durable promotion effect, giving rise to the sluggish Fe2+/Fe3+ cycle and low dynamic concentration of Fe2+ for ROS production. Herein, we present a three-dimensional (3D) macroscale co-catalyst functionalized with MoS2 to achieve ultra-efficient Fe2+ regeneration (equilibrium Fe2+ ratio of 82.4%) and remarkable stability (more than 20 cycles) via a circulating flow-through process. Unlike the conventional batch-type reactor, experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations demonstrate that the optimal utilization of the 3D active area under the flow-through mode, initiated by the convection-enhanced mass/charge transfer for Fe2+ reduction and then strengthened by MoS2-induced flow rotation for sufficient reactant mixing, is crucial for oxidant activation and subsequent ROS generation. Strikingly, the flow-through co-catalytic system with superwetting capabilities can even tackle the intricate oily wastewater stabilized by different surfactants without the loss of pollutant degradation efficiency. Our findings highlight an innovative co-catalyst system design to expand the applicability of AOPs based technology, especially in large-scale complex wastewater treatment.

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