Removal of P-Nitrophenol by Nano Zero Valent Iron-Cobalt and Activated Persulfate Supported onto Activated Carbon
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Reagents and Materials
2.2. Pre Experiment and Batch Experiments
2.3. Analytical Method
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Co-nZVI/GAC Composite
3.2. Effect of PS Concentration
3.3. Effect of Co-nZVI/GAC Dosage
3.4. Effect of Different Material System
3.5. Effects of Initial PNP Concentration
3.6. Effect of Initial pH
3.7. Material Reuse
4. Degradation Mechanism
4.1. Dynamic Analysis
4.2. Fourier Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis
4.3. SEM Analysis
4.4. Degradation Routine and Mechanism Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | BET/(m2·g−1) | Pore Volume/(mL·g−1) | Aperture (nm) |
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GAC | 557.12 | 0.28 | 1.02 |
nZVI | 97.25 | 0.05 | 1.12 |
Co-nZVI | 51.85 | 0.02 | 1.10 |
Co-nZVI/GAC | 482.61 | 0.25 | 1.01 |
Model | Pseudo First-Order Kinetics | Pseudo Second-Order Kinetics | ||||
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Equation | ||||||
Parameter | qe/(mg·g−1) | k1/(min−1) | R2 | qe/(mg·g−1) | k2/(g·mg−1·min−1) | R2 |
Co-nZVI/GAC | 0.9631 | 1.3856 | 0.7625 | 0.9764 | 2.2812 | 0.9022 |
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Zhang, J.; Chen, L.; Zhang, X. Removal of P-Nitrophenol by Nano Zero Valent Iron-Cobalt and Activated Persulfate Supported onto Activated Carbon. Water 2022, 14, 1387. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14091387
Zhang J, Chen L, Zhang X. Removal of P-Nitrophenol by Nano Zero Valent Iron-Cobalt and Activated Persulfate Supported onto Activated Carbon. Water. 2022; 14(9):1387. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14091387
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Jiankun, Lei Chen, and Xueyang Zhang. 2022. "Removal of P-Nitrophenol by Nano Zero Valent Iron-Cobalt and Activated Persulfate Supported onto Activated Carbon" Water 14, no. 9: 1387. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14091387