首页|Micro-nano bubbles enhanced degradation of emerging contaminants by ferrous-oxalate complexes: synergistic interaction between oxidation and coagulation

Micro-nano bubbles enhanced degradation of emerging contaminants by ferrous-oxalate complexes: synergistic interaction between oxidation and coagulation

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The activation of oxygen by ferrous (Fe~(2+)) to generate ·OH for contaminants degradation was inhibited due to the low utilization of oxygen, thus limiting its application in the practical environment. In this study, with the superior oxygenation capacity of micro-nano bubbles (MNBs) and the stronger O_2 activation capacity of Fe~(2+)-oxalate complexes, the MNBs/Fe~(2+)/oxalate (Ox) system was constructed with 4,4'-sulfonyldiphenol (BPS) as the main target emerging contaminants (ECs), and to investigate the enhancement contribution and reinforcement mechanism of the involvement of MNBs to the removal efficiency of ECs in the Fe~(2+)/Ox system. It was shown that the MNBs/Fe~(2+)/Ox system could effectively degrade four structurally diverse ECs. In this case, with BPS as the main target contaminant, adding MNBs could increase the BPS removal efficiency by about 35%. In the MNBs/Fe~(2+)/Ox system, the degradation rate of BPS depended on the concentration of Fe~Ⅱ(Ox)_2~(2-), while the extent of degradation was mainly governed by Fe~Ⅱ(Ox)_2~(2-) and Fe~Ⅱ(Ox)~0. EPR and probe experiments showed that the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by the system and the iron hydroxide complexes produced by Fe~(3+) hydrolysis contributed to the degradation of BPS by oxidation and coagulation, respectively. In particular, ·OH and O_2~(·-) were the main reactive oxygen species produced by this system. Moreover, the involvement of MNBs significantly increased the formation of ROS and iron hydroxide complexes in the Fe~(2+)/Ox system. The oxygenation process of MNBs used in this study enhanced the contaminants degradation performance of the Fe~(2+)/Ox system and has broadened the application scope of MNBs.

Micro-nano bubblesFerrousMolecular oxygen activationEnhanced oxidationSynergistic interaction

Ping Li、Xiaojiang Huang、Qing Yang、Haozhe Xia、Chunbo Li、Zhiqiang Zhang、Xuan Wang、Jinsuo Lu

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School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China||Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resources, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710055, China

Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center of Water Resource Comprehensive Utilization in Cold and Arid Regions, Lanzhou 730070, China

Xi'an Municipal Water Supply Co., Xi'an 710055, China

2025

Frontiers of environmental science & engineering

Frontiers of environmental science & engineering

ISSN:2095-2201
年,卷(期):2025.19(5)
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