PMID- 16852621 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20070626 LR - 20060720 IS - 1520-6106 (Print) IS - 1520-5207 (Linking) VI - 109 IP - 27 DP - 2005 Jul 14 TI - Heterogeneous activation of oxone using Co3O4. PG - 13052-5 AB - This study explores the potential of heterogeneous activation of Oxone (peroxymonosulfate) in water using cobalt oxides. Two commercially available cobalt oxides, CoO and Co3O4 (CoO.Co2O3) were tested for the activation of peroxymonosulfate and the consequent oxidation of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) via a sulfate radical mechanism. Both systems, CoO/Oxone and Co3O4/Oxone, were tested at acidic and neutral pH and compared with the homogeneous Co(NO3)2/Oxone. The activity of these systems was evaluated on the basis of the induced transformation of 2,4-DCP as well as the dissolution of cobalt occurred after 2 h of reaction. It was observed that only Co3O4 activates peroxymonosulfate heterogeneously, with its heterogeneity being more pronounced at neutral pH. Both CoO and Co2O3 contained in Co3O4 might be responsible for the observed heterogeneity, and the relative mechanisms are further discussed here. To our knowledge, this is perhaps the first study that documents the heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate with cobalt, the best-known catalyst-activator for this inorganic peroxide. FAU - Anipsitakis, George P AU - Anipsitakis GP FAU - Stathatos, Elias AU - Stathatos E FAU - Dionysiou, Dionysios D AU - Dionysiou DD LA - eng PT - Letter PL - United States TA - J Phys Chem B JT - The journal of physical chemistry. B JID - 101157530 EDAT- 2006/07/21 09:00 MHDA- 2006/07/21 09:01 CRDT- 2006/07/21 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/07/21 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/21 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/jp052166y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Phys Chem B. 2005 Jul 14;109(27):13052-5. doi: 10.1021/jp052166y.