Systematic activation of potassium peroxydisulfate with ZIF-8 via sono-assisted catalytic process: Mechanism and ecotoxicological analysis

Abdollah Jamal Sisi, Mehrangiz Fathinia, Alireza Khataee, Yasin Orooji*

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Abstract

Powerful and suitable combination of different advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) has raised a new challenge in recent years. Since the generation of synergistic phenomenon is vital in the final integrated process, there is still an urgent demand for developing a superior hybrid AOPs, which is synergistically effective, simply and economically prepared and operated. Herein, a novel combination of ZIF-8 nanomaterials (NMs) and sonolysis process was utilised for efficient activation of potassium peroxydisulfate (PDS), leading to the establishment of a novel combined sono-assisted indirect photocatalytic process. ZIF-8 NMs were fabricated by a facial and green synthesis method at room temperature. The XRD, TEM, and BET analyses confirmed the successful production of porous ZIF-8 nanomaterials with sodalite (SOD) topology and hexagonal shapes including the specific surface area of 1484.28 m2/g. Besides, the effects of operational parameters including pH, ZIF-8, and PDS, Acid Blue 7 (AB7) concentration and ultrasonic bath power (UBP) were investigated on three response parameters consisting of AB7 removal efficiency (RE (%)), pseudo-first-order kinetic rate constant (kapp) and synergistic factor (SF). Optimum operating conditions were determined as pH = 5, [ZIF-8] = 0.6 g/L, [PDS] = 0.6 mmol/L in which maximum SF of 1.45 was achieved. The concurrent decomposition of S2O8 2−, HSO5 , H2O2, and AB7 on the active sites of ZIF-8 NMs were responsible for degradation. Based on the identified by-products via GC–MS technique, the AB7 sonocatalytic degradation mechanism was proposed. Finally, valuable efforts were made to assess the ecotoxicological effects of AB7, ZIF-8 NMs and the produced intermediates under optimised operating conditions. Sono-assisted indirect photocatalytic process in the presence of ZIF-8 NMs activated PDS can be noticed as an acceptable and green integrated process due to its high SF and novel features.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113018
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume308
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Ecotoxicological effect
  • Mechanism
  • Metal-organic frameworks
  • Sonocatalyst
  • ZIF-8

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