supported nanosized α-feooh improves efficiency of photoelectro-fenton process with reaction-controlled ph adjustment for sustainable water treatment支持纳米α-feooh photoelectro-fenton过程提高效率与反应ph值调整可持续水处理.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2012, Article ID 689807, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/689807 Research Article Supported Nanosized α-FeOOH Improves Efficiency of Photoelectro-Fenton Process with Reaction-Controlled pH Adjustment for Sustainable Water Treatment Chuan Wang,1 Hong Liu,1, 2 Zhimin Sun,3 Jian Huang,2 and Yang Liao2 1 Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China 2 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China 3 Guangzhou Municipal Engineering Design Research Institute, Guangzhou 510060, China Correspondence should be addressed to Hong Liu, liuhong@ Received 27 July 2012; Accepted 12 September 2012 Academic Editor: Jiaguo Yu Copyright © 2012 Chuan Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The overall photoelectro-Fenton (PE-Fenton) process for water treatment with neutral initial pH includes three steps of pH reduction, PE-Fenton reaction, and pH elevation. Reaction-controlled pH adjustment (RCpA), which utilizes the intrinsic elec- trochemical reactions instead of chemical addition, has been employed to lower the pH, maintain the lowered pH for the Fenton reaction, and recover the pH for final effluent discharge. This study demonstrated that the overall efficiency of this sustainable PE-Fenton process was improved by rapidly recycling the iron substance. Nanosized iron oxide was prepared and employed to ensure such rapid recycling. SEM and XRD results showed that the as-prepared iron oxide was α-FeOOH with 20 nm in size.