Abstract
Activation of persulfate by N-doped carbon is an emerging advanced oxidation process (AOP) for removing organic pollutants from water via singlet oxygen (1O2)-dominated non-radical way, however, the efficient generation of 1O2 is a hot topic worth deep exploration. In this study, glucose was used as an additional carbon and oxygen of prefabricated supramolecular melamine-cyanuric acid precursor, the final co-thermal polymerization products completely changed from conventional graphitic carbon nitride to ultrathin carbonaceous materials when the mass of glucose up to 0.72 g. The simple one-pot strategy can easily generate active electron-deficient carbon sites due to nitrogen and oxygen doping by modulating the electronic structure of the carbon framework, which is critical for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to produce 1O2. The glucose content can adjust the degree of disorder of the amorphous carbonaceous nanosheet, and significantly improve the exposure of active pyrrolic nitrogen sites (27.47 %) and doped oxygen through the defective structure, which is another essential factor for the generation of 1O2 in the activation of PMS. The MCAG-0.72/ PMS exhibited excellent performance in BPA degradation, 95 % BPA (20 mg L−1) can be removed in 60 min with 1.0 mM PMS with reaction constant k=0.0209 min−1. Furthermore, MCAG-0.72 also demonstrated excellent BPA degradation in different actual water metrics and performance well in the four consecutive cycles. This study provides a novel convenient strategy to synthesize cost-effective N/O co-doped carbonaceous material for efficient activating PMS to remove refractory organics in water and wastewater, it sheds light on practical large-scale industrial applications in PMS-based AOPs.
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