PMID- 33291883 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201223 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 51 DP - 2020 Dec 23 TI - Uniform Mesoporous Amorphous Cobalt-Inherent Silicon Oxide as a Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalyst in the Activation of Peroxymonosulfate for Rapid Oxidation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol: The Important Role of Inherent Cobalt in the Catalytic Mechanism. PG - 57190-57206 LID - 10.1021/acsami.0c20341 [doi] AB - Amorphous cobalt-inherent silicon oxide (Co-SiOx) was synthesized for the first time and employed as a highly active catalyst in the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the rapid oxidation of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP). The characterization results revealed that the 0.15Co-SiOx possessed a high specific surface area of 607.95 m(2)/g with a uniform mesoporous structure (24.33 nm). The X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the substituted cobalt atoms enlarge the unit cell parameter of the original SiO(2), and the selected area electron diffraction pattern confirmed the amorphous nature of Co-SiOx. More bulk oxygen vacancies (O(v)) existing in the Co-SiOx were identified to be one of the primary contributors to the significantly enhanced catalytic activation of PMS. The cobalt substitution both creates and stabilizes the surficial O(v) and forms the adequately active Co(II)-O(v) pairs which engine the electron transfer process during the catalytic activities. The active Co(II)-O(v) pairs weaken the average electronegativity of Co/Si and Co/O sites, resulting in the prevalent changes in final state energy, which is the main driving cause of the binding energy shifts in the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of Si and O among all samples. The increase of the relative proportion of Co(III) in the spent Co-SiOx probably causes the binding energy shifts of the Co XPS spectrum compared to that of the Co-SiOx. The amorphous Co-SiOx outperforms stable and quick 2,4-DCP degradation, achieving a much higher kinetic rate of 0.7139 min(-1) at pH = 7.02 than others via sulfate radical advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), photo-Fenton AOPs, H(2)O(2) reagent AOPs, and other AOP approaches. The efficient degradation performance makes the amorphous Co-SiOx as a promising catalyst in removing 2,4-DCP or organic-rich pollutants. FAU - Lian, Qiyu AU - Lian Q AD - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43598, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. AD - Center for Environmental Technology, The Energy Institute of Louisiana, P.O. Box 43597, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. FAU - Roy, Amitava AU - Roy A AD - The J. Bennett Johnston, Sr., Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806, United States. FAU - Kizilkaya, Orhan AU - Kizilkaya O AD - The J. Bennett Johnston, Sr., Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806, United States. FAU - Gang, Daniel Dianchen AU - Gang DD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2565-0830 AD - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43598, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. AD - Center for Environmental Technology, The Energy Institute of Louisiana, P.O. Box 43597, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. FAU - Holmes, William AU - Holmes W AD - Center for Environmental Technology, The Energy Institute of Louisiana, P.O. Box 43597, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43675, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. FAU - Zappi, Mark E AU - Zappi ME AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7608-076X AD - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43598, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. AD - Center for Environmental Technology, The Energy Institute of Louisiana, P.O. Box 43597, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43675, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, United States. FAU - Zhang, Xu AU - Zhang X AD - Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance Genes, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 3 Shangyuancun, Beijing 100044, P. R. China. FAU - Yao, Hong AU - Yao H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3652-0951 AD - Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance Genes, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 3 Shangyuancun, Beijing 100044, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201208 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation OT - cobalt silicon oxide OT - final state effects OT - oxygen vacancies OT - peroxymonosulfate activation EDAT- 2020/12/10 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/10 06:01 CRDT- 2020/12/09 05:40 PHST- 2020/12/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/09 05:40 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.0c20341 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Dec 23;12(51):57190-57206. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20341. Epub 2020 Dec 8.