Abstract
In this work, Co3O4-Bi2O3 was successfully synthesized using a microwave-assisted method [Co3O4-Bi2O3(MW)] and employed as a peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activator for bisphenol A removal. A reference catalyst was prepared using the same preparation conditions but different heating mode and labeled as Co3O4-Bi2O3(CH). The series of Co3O4-Bi2O3 was characterized using XRD, SEM, and N2 adsorption to detect their crystallinity, morphology, and surface area, among others. Results indicated that both microwave and calcination significantly affected the characteristic and catalytic activity of the catalyst. Moreover, the microwave-irradiated catalyst calcined at 300 °C showed higher catalytic activity and mineralization percentage for BPA degradation than the conventionally heated catalyst calcined at the same temperature. Microwave temperature and microwave time of the proposed microwave-assisted method were also investigated. Compared with other catalysts, the present catalyst showed considerably superior preparation time and degradation efficiency. This study broadens a new horizon for advanced oxidation process using a PMS activator.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bougrin K, Bennani AK, Tétouani SF, Soufiaoui M (1994) An easy route to synthesize 1,5-arylodiazepin-2-ones. Tetrahedron Lett 35(45):8373–8376. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74410-8
Cao C, Xing L, Yang Y, Tian Y, Ding T, Zhang J, Hu T, Zheng L, Li X (2017) Diesel soot elimination over potassium-promoted Co3O4 nanowires monolithic catalysts under gravitation contact mode. Appl Catal B-Environ 218:32–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.035
Chandraboss VL, Kamalakkannan J, Senthilvelan S (2016) Synthesis of activated charcoal supported Bi-doped TiO2 nanocomposite under solar light irradiation for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Appl Surf Sci 387:944–956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.110
Cui C, Jin L, Jiang L, Han Q, Lin K, Lu S, Zhang D, Cao G (2016) Removal of trace level amounts of twelve sulfonamides from drinking water by UV-activated peroxymonosulfate. Sci Total Eeviron 572:244–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.183
Deng J, Feng S, Ma X, Tan C, Wang H, Zhou S, Zhang T, Li J (2016) Heterogeneous degradation of Orange II with peroxymonosulfate activated by ordered mesoporous MnFe2O4. Sep Purif Technol 167:181–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.04.035
Deng L, Shi Z, Zou Z, Zhou S (2017): Magnetic EDTA functionalized CoFe2O4 nanoparticles (EDTA-CoFe2O4) as a novel catalyst for peroxymonosulfate activation and degradation of Orange G. Environ Sci Pollut R, 1-13
Du Y, Ma W, Liu P, Zou B, Ma J (2016) Magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles supported on titanate nanotubes (CoFe2O4/TNTs) as a novel heterogeneous catalyst for peroxymonosulfate activation and degradation of organic pollutants. J Hazard Mater 308:58–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.035
Duan X, Ao Z, Sun H, Indrawirawan S, Wang Y, Kang J, Liang F, Zhu ZH, Wang S (2015) Nitrogen-doped graphene for generation and evolution of reactive radicals by metal-free catalysis. Acs Appl Mater Inter 7(7):4169–4178. https://doi.org/10.1021/am508416n
Feng Y, Liu J, Wu D, Zhou Z, Deng Y, Zhang T, Shih K (2015) Efficient degradation of sulfamethazine with CuCo2O4 spinel nanocatalysts for peroxymonosulfate activation. Chem Eng J 280:514–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.121
Fleisch AF, Sheffield PE, Chinn C, Edelstein BL, Landrigan PJ (2010) Bisphenol A and related compounds in dental materials. Pediatrics 126(4):760–768. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-2693
Gabriel C, Gabriel S, H. Grant E, S. J. Halstead B, Michael P. Mingos D (1998): Dielectric parameters relevant to microwave dielectric heating. Chem Soc Rev 27, 213–224, 3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/a827213z
Ghanbari F, Moradi M (2017) Application of peroxymonosulfate and its activation methods for degradation of environmental organic pollutants: review. Chem Eng J 310:41–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.10.064
Hengstler JG, Foth H, Gebel T, Kramer PJ, Lilienblum W, Schweinfurth H, Völkel W, Wollin KM, Gundert-Remy U (2011) Critical evaluation of key evidence on the human health hazards of exposure to bisphenol A. Crit Rev Toxicol 41(4):263–291. https://doi.org/10.3109/10408444.2011.558487
Hu L, Zhang G, Wang Q, Sun Y, Liu M, Wang P (2017) Facile synthesis of novel Co3O4-Bi2O3 catalysts and their catalytic activity on bisphenol A by peroxymonosulfate activation. Chem Eng J 326:1095–1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.168
Huang GX, Wang CY, Yang CW, Guo PC, HQ Y (2017) Degradation of bisphenol A by peroxymonosulfate catalytically activated with Mn1.8Fe1.2O4 nanospheres: synergism between Mn and Fe. Environ Sci Technol 51(21):12611–12618. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03007
Jaafarzadeh N, Omidinasab M, Ghanbari F (2016) Combined electrocoagulation and UV-based sulfate radical oxidation processes for treatment of pulp and paper wastewater. Process Saf Environ 102:462–472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2016.04.019
Jun S (2008) Low-dose effects of bisphenol A: a serious threat to human health? J Toxicol Sci 33:389–403
Li S, Zhang G, Zheng H, Wang N, Zheng Y, Wang P (2016) Microwave-assisted synthesis of BiFeO3 nanoparticles with high catalytic performance in microwave-enhanced Fenton-like process. RSC Adv 6(85):82439–82446. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA12728B
Liang Z, Cao Y, Li Y, Xie J, Guo N, Jia D (2016) Solid-state chemical synthesis of rod-like fluorine-doped β-Bi2O3 and their enhanced photocatalytic property under visible light. Appl Surf Sci 390:78–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.085
Loupy A, Maurel F, Sabatié-Gogová A (2004) Improvements in Diels–Alder cycloadditions with some acetylenic compounds under solvent-free microwave-assisted conditions: experimental results and theoretical approaches. Tetrahedron 60(7):1683–1691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2003.11.042
Mingos DMP, Baghurst DR (1991) Tilden Lecture. Applications of microwave dielectric heating effects to synthetic problems in chemistry. Chem Soc Rev 20(1):1–47. https://doi.org/10.1039/cs9912000001
Mousset E, Frunzo L, Esposito G, Van Hullebusch ED, Oturan N, Oturan MA (2016) A complete phenol oxidation pathway obtained during electro-Fenton treatment and validated by a kinetic model study. Appl Catal B-Environ 180:189–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.06.014
Muhammad S, Saputra E, Sun H, Izidoro JC, Fungaro DA, Ang HM, Tadé MO, Wang S (2012) Coal fly ash supported Co3O4 catalysts for phenol degradation using peroxymonosulfate. RSC Adv 2(13):5645. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20346d
Oh W, Dong Z, Ronn G, Lim T (2017) Surface–active bismuth ferrite as superior peroxymonosulfate activator for aqueous sulfamethoxazole removal: performance, mechanism and quantification of sulfate radical. J Hazard Mater 325:71–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.056
Qi C, Liu X, Li Y, Lin C, Ma J, Li X, Zhang H (2017) Enhanced degradation of organic contaminants in water by peroxydisulfate coupled with bisulfite. J Hazard Mater 328:98–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.01.010
Rathi AK, Gawande MB, Zboril R, Varma RS (2015) Microwave-assisted synthesis—catalytic applications in aqueous media. Coordin Chem Rev 291:68–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2015.01.011
Sambe H, Hoshina K, Hosoya K, Haginaka J (2006) Simultaneous determination of bisphenol A and its halogenated derivatives in river water by combination of isotope imprinting and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 1134(1-2):16–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2006.08.072
Shi P, Zhu S, Zheng H, Li D, Xu S (2013) Supported Co3O4 on expanded graphite as a catalyst for the degradation of Orange II in water using sulfate radicals. Desalin Water Treat 52:3384–3391
Shu H-Y, Chang M-C, Huang S-W (2015) Decolorization and mineralization of azo dye Acid Blue 113 by the UV/Oxone process and optimization of operating parameters. Desalin Water Treat 57:7951–7962
Su S, Guo W, Yi C, Leng Y, Ma Z (2012) Degradation of amoxicillin in aqueous solution using sulphate radicals under ultrasound irradiation. Ultrason Sonochem 19(3):469–474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.10.005
Sun J, Li X, Feng J, Tian X (2009) Oxone/Co2+ oxidation as an advanced oxidation process: comparison with traditional Fenton oxidation for treatment of landfill leachate. Water Res 43(17):4363–4369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.043
Tan C, Gao N, Fu D, Deng J, Deng L (2017) Efficient degradation of paracetamol with nanoscaled magnetic CoFe2O4 and MnFe2O4 as a heterogeneous catalyst of peroxymonosulfate. Sep Purif Technol 175:47–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.11.016
Tsitonaki A, Petri B, Crimi M, MosbÆK H, Siegrist RL, Bjerg PL (2010): In situ chemical oxidation of contaminated soil and groundwater using persulfate: a review. Crit Rev Env Sci Tec 40, 55–91
Vandenberg LN, Hauser R, Marcus M, Olea N, Welshons WV (2007) Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA). Reprod Toxicol 24(2):139–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.07.010
Vandenberg LN (2014) Low-dose effects of hormones and endocrine disruptors. Vitam Horm 94:129–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800095-3.00005-5
Veiga-Lopez A, Kannan K, Liao C, Ye W, Domino SE, Padmanabhan V (2015) Gender-specific effects on gestational length and birth weight by early pregnancy BPA exposure. J Clin Endocr Metab 100:1394–1403
vom Saal FS, Hughes C (2005) An extensive new literature concerning low-dose effects of bisphenol A shows the need for a new risk assessment. Environ Heal Persp 113(8):926–933. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7713
Wang C, Zhu L, Song C, Shan G, Chen P (2011a) Characterization of photocatalyst Bi3.84W0.16O6.24 and its photodegradation on bisphenol A under simulated solar light irradiation. Appl Catal B-Environ 105(1-2):229–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.04.023
Wang C, Kang J, Liang P, Zhang H, Sun H, Tadé MO, Wang S (2017) Ferric carbide nanocrystals encapsulated in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as an outstanding environmental catalyst. Environ Sci: Nano 4:170–179
Wang P, Yang S, Shan L, Niu R, Shao X (2011b) Involvements of chloride ion in decolorization of Acid Orange 7 by activated peroxydisulfate or peroxymonosulfate oxidation. J Environ Sci 23(11):1799–1807. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60620-1
Xu Y, Ai J, Zhang H (2016) The mechanism of degradation of bisphenol A using the magnetically separable CuFe2O4/peroxymonosulfate heterogeneous oxidation process. J Hazard Mater 309:87–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.023
Yang JE, Yuan B, Cui H, Wang S, Fu M (2017) Modulating oxone-MnOx/silica catalytic systems towards ibuprofen degradation: insights into system effects, reaction kinetics and mechanisms. Appl Catal B-Environ 205:327–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.046
Yang S, Wang P, Yang X, Shan L, Zhang W, Shao X, Niu R (2010) Degradation efficiencies of azo dye Acid Orange 7 by the interaction of heat, UV and anions with common oxidants: persulfate, peroxymonosulfate and hydrogen peroxide. J Hazard Mater 179(1-3):552–558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.039
Yao Y, Cai Y, Wu G, Wei F, Li X, Chen H, Wang S (2015) Sulfate radicals induced from peroxymonosulfate by cobalt manganese oxides (Co x Mn3−x O4) for Fenton-like reaction in water. J Hazard Mater 296:128–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.014
Zeng T, Yu M, Zhang H, He Z, Zhang X, Chen J, Song S (2017) In situ synthesis of cobalt ferrites-embedded hollow N-doped carbon as an outstanding catalyst for elimination of organic pollutants. Sci Total Environ 593-594:286–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.180
Zhao B, Li X, Yang L, Wang F, Li J, Xia W, Li W, Zhou L, Zhao C (2015) ß-Ga2O3 nanorod synthesis with a one-step microwave irradiation hydrothermal method and its efficient photocatalytic degradation for perfluorooctanoic acid. Photochem Photobiol 91(1):42–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12383
Zhao D, Zhang J, Li X, Shen Z (2010) Electromagnetic and microwave absorbing properties of Co-filled carbon nanotubes. J Alloy Compd 505(2):712–716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.06.122
Zhijun X, Jiahua L, Qing L, Lian D, Aihua X, Qiang W, Yuguang L (2015) Decolorization of Acid Orange II dye by peroxymonosulfate activated with magnetic Fe3O4@C/Co nanocomposites. RSC Adv 5:76862–76874
Funding
The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51678185), HIT Environment and Ecology Innovation Special Funds (Grant No. HSCJ201607), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (Harbin Institute of Technology) (2017DX11), and the 9th Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016T90304) for the financial support.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Additional information
Responsible editor: Philippe Garrigues
Electronic supplementary material
ESM 1
(DOCX 268 kb)
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Hu, L., Zhang, G., Liu, M. et al. Synthesis of Co3O4-Bi2O3 using microwave-assisted method as the peroxymonosulfate activator for elimination of bisphenol A. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 4656–4666 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0871-8
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0871-8