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Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination

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  • Ying-Jie Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Gui-Xiang Huang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Lea R. Winter

    (Yale University)

  • Jie-Jie Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Lili Tian

    (Nanjing University)

  • Shu-Chuan Mei

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Ze Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Fei Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Zhi-Yan Guo

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Rong Ji

    (Nanjing University)

  • Ye-Zi You

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Wen-Wei Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Xian-Wei Liu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Han-Qing Yu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Menachem Elimelech

    (Yale University)

Abstract

Removal of organic micropollutants from water through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by the excessive input of energy and/or chemicals as well as the large amounts of residuals resulting from incomplete mineralization. Herein, we report a new water purification paradigm, the direct oxidative transfer process (DOTP), which enables complete, highly efficient decontamination at very low dosage of oxidants. DOTP differs fundamentally from AOPs and adsorption in its pollutant removal behavior and mechanisms. In DOTP, the nanocatalyst can interact with persulfate to activate the pollutants by lowering their reductive potential energy, which triggers a non-decomposing oxidative transfer of pollutants from the bulk solution to the nanocatalyst surface. By leveraging the activation, stabilization, and accumulation functions of the heterogeneous catalyst, the DOTP can occur spontaneously on the nanocatalyst surface to enable complete removal of pollutants. The process is found to occur for diverse pollutants, oxidants, and nanocatalysts, including various low-cost catalysts. Significantly, DOTP requires no external energy input, has low oxidant consumption, produces no residual byproducts, and performs robustly in real environmental matrices. These favorable features render DOTP an extremely promising nanotechnology platform for water purification.

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  • Ying-Jie Zhang & Gui-Xiang Huang & Lea R. Winter & Jie-Jie Chen & Lili Tian & Shu-Chuan Mei & Ze Zhang & Fei Chen & Zhi-Yan Guo & Rong Ji & Ye-Zi You & Wen-Wei Li & Xian-Wei Liu & Han-Qing Yu & Menach, 2022. "Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30560-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30560-9
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