10.1007/s40097-022-00499-w

Nanoscale CoNi alloy@carbon derived from Hofmann-MOF as a magnetic/effective activator for monopersulfate to eliminate an ultraviolet filter

  • Wei-Jie Liu1,
  • Eilhann Kwon2,
  • Bui Xuan Thanh3,
  • Jechan Lee4,
  • Cong Khiem Ta1,
  • Sanya Sirivithayapakorn5,
  • Kun-Yi Andrew Lin*1,
  1. Department of Environmental Engineering & Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, TW
  2. Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, KR
  3. Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, VN
  4. School of Civil, Architectural Engineering, and Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, KR
  5. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, TH

Published in Issue 01-06-2022

How to Cite

Liu, W.-J., Kwon, E., Thanh, B. X., Lee, J., Ta, C. K., Sirivithayapakorn, S., & Lin, K.-Y. A. (2022). Nanoscale CoNi alloy@carbon derived from Hofmann-MOF as a magnetic/effective activator for monopersulfate to eliminate an ultraviolet filter. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 14(2 (April 2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-022-00499-w
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Abstract

Abstract As the widely used ultraviolet (UV) filter, Ensulizole (ELZ), has been proven as an environmental hormone, development of useful techniques for eliminating ELZ is imperative. Since SO 4 ·− -based oxidation technologies are promising for treating emerging contaminants, and cobalt (Co) appears to be an extremely useful catalyst for monopersulfate (MPS) activation, that would be critical to construct advantageous cobaltic catalyst of MPS activation. A unique activator would be derived from a special metal organic framework ([Co]pyrazine[Ni(CN) 4 ]) which is carbonized to become a nanocluster comprised of CoNi alloy nanoparticles (NPs) confined in carbon nanospheres, and nanotubes, forming CoNi@Carbon (CNC). Such a CNC nanocomposite would exhibit several promising properties: (1) as Co is the extremely effective metal for MPS activation, CoNi is expected for offering superior performance for activating MPS; (2) high magnetization of CoNi alloy would equip CNC with a magnetically-controllability; (3) CoNi encapsulated in carbon is guarded to enhance its reusability; (4) the interlaced configurations of CNC also make it to show higher active sites for MPS activation. Thus, CNC exhibits a significantly stronger activating capability than Co 3 O 4 , which is the conventional heterogeneous catalyst for MPS. CNC/MPS also displays a lower activation energy (E a ) for ELZ degradation than literatures, showing advantages of CNC. Mechanisms for MPS activation and ELZ degradation were also elucidated to further understand elimination process of ELZ by MOF-derived cobaltic catalysts.

Keywords

  • Sunscreen,
  • CoNi,
  • Peroxymonosulfate,
  • Alloy,
  • Carbon,
  • Nanotube

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