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Stability of BiFeO3 nanoparticles via microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis in Fenton-like process

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Stable catalysts require high catalytic efficiency and repeated consecutive use, low mass loss, and metal leaching. This study investigated BiFeO3 (BFO) composite with high stability and reusability using a one step microwave-assisted hydrothermal method (MAHS) to decompose bisphenol A (BPA) used as the target contaminant. After six consecutive reaction cycles in microwave-enhanced Fenton-like process (MW-Fenton-like), the removal rate of BPA decreased from 94 to 87.4% with low metal leaching ratio and mass loss. The morphology, crystal, reaction kinetics, and hydroxyl radical (·OH) were used to demonstrate the high stability of BFO-MAHS. The results indicated that the benign stability and reusability of BFO-MAHS probably occurred because (1) the thermal-effect of MW improved heating rate, which led to the rapid formation stable cube structure and (2) MW mechanical vibrations existed in the preparation process, which further enhanced the cube structure. Therefore, MAHS could be used as a green and environmental friendly method to apply in catalysts synthesis, which could immensely shorten preparation time and enhance the catalytic performance with no waste production.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51678185), the State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (Harbin Institute of Technology) (2017DX11), and the Ninth Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016T90304), as well as the HIT Environment and Ecology Innovation Special Funds (Grant No. HSCJ201607).

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Li, S., Zhang, G., Zheng, H. et al. Stability of BiFeO3 nanoparticles via microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis in Fenton-like process. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 24400–24408 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9893-5

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