Merits and limitations of radical vs. nonradical pathways in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes

Y Yan, Z Wei, X Duan, M Long, R Spinney… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Urbanization and industrialization have exerted significant adverse effects on water quality,
resulting in a growing need for reliable and eco-friendly treatment technologies. Persulfate …

Origins of electron-transfer regime in persulfate-based nonradical oxidation processes

W Ren, C Cheng, P Shao, X Luo, H Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Persulfate-based nonradical oxidation processes (PS-NOPs) are appealing in wastewater
purification due to their high efficiency and selectivity for removing trace organic …

Unveiling the Origins of Selective Oxidation in Single-Atom Catalysis via Co–N4–C Intensified Radical and Nonradical Pathways

M Yang, Z Hou, X Zhang, B Gao, Y Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts (SACs)-based peroxymonosulfate (PMS) systems are highly selective
to the type of organic pollutants while the mechanisms remain ambiguous. In this work, we …

Effects of molecular structure on organic contaminants' degradation efficiency and dominant ROS in the advanced oxidation process with multiple ROS

ZH Xie, CS He, HY Zhou, LL Li, Y Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, the previously overlooked effects of contaminants' molecular structure on their
degradation efficiencies and dominant reactive oxygen species (ROS) in advanced …

Rational Regulation of Co–N–C Coordination for High-Efficiency Generation of 1O2 toward Nearly 100% Selective Degradation of Organic Pollutants

Y Yao, C Wang, X Yan, H Zhang, C Xiao… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single oxygen-based advanced oxidation processes (1O2-AOPs) exhibit great prospects in
selective degradation of organic pollutants. However, efficient production of 1O2 via tailored …

The debatable role of singlet oxygen in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes

L Wang, K Xiao, H Zhao - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Singlet oxygen (1 O 2) attracts much attention in persulfate-based advanced
oxidation processes (PS-AOPs), because of its wide pH tolerance and high selectivity …

Almost 100% electron transfer regime over Fe− Co dual-atom catalyst toward pollutants removal: Regulation of peroxymonosulfate adsorption mode

F Wang, Y Gao, H Fu, SS Liu, Y Wei, P Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fe− Co dual-atom catalyst (FeCo− DAC) with FeCo− N 6 moiety anchored in the carbon
skeleton is fabricated to achieve a nearly 100% electron-transfer process (ETP) for high …

Ultrahigh peroxymonosulfate utilization efficiency over CuO nanosheets via heterogeneous Cu (III) formation and preferential electron transfer during degradation of …

Y Wei, J Miao, J Ge, J Lang, C Yu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In persulfate activation by copper-based catalysts, high-valent copper (Cu (III)) is an
overlooked reactive intermediate that contributes to efficient persulfate utilization and …

Nitrogen vacancy-modulated peroxymonosulfate nonradical activation for organic contaminant removal via high-valent cobalt-oxo species

J Jiang, Z Zhao, J Gao, T Li, M Li, D Zhou… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rapid generation of high-valent cobalt-oxo species (Co (IV)═ O) for the removal of organic
contaminants has been challenging because of the low conversion efficiency of Co (III)/Co …

Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …