PMID- 33862480 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210719 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 416 DP - 2021 Aug 15 TI - Degradation synergism between sonolysis and photocatalysis for organic pollutants with different hydrophobicity: A perspective of mechanism and application for high mineralization efficiency. PG - 125787 LID - S0304-3894(21)00751-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125787 [doi] AB - Despite extensive studies, the fundamental understanding of synergistic mechanisms between sonolysis and photocatalysis for the abatement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) remains uncertain. As different phases formed under ultrasound irradiation, hydrophilic POPs, sulfamethoxazole (SMX, K(ow): 0.89), predominantly resides in bulk liquid and is ineffectively degraded by sonolysis (k(US) = 3.33 x 10(-3) min(-1)) since <10% of hydroxyl radicals (.OH) formed at the gas-liquid interface of cavitation is diffused into the bulk, whereas the other fraction rapidly recombines into hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). This study provides a proof-of-concept for the mechanism by presenting various analytical results, endorsing the synergistic role of photoexcited electrons in splitting sonolysis-induced H(2)O(2) into .OH, particularly in the bulk phase. In a sonophotocatalytic system, the hydrophobic POPs such as bisphenol A (BPA) and atrazine (ATZ) were mainly degraded in gas-liquid interface indicated by the low synergistic values correlation compared to SMX [i.e., SMX has a higher synergistic factor, f(syn) (3.26) than BPA (1.30) and ATZ (1.35)]. Also, f(syn) was found linearly correlated with the contribution factor of photocatalysis to split H(2)O(2). Three times of consecutive kinetics using an effluent of municipal (MP) wastewater spiked by POPs presented >98% POPs and >96% total organic carbon (TOC) removal. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ryu, Baekha AU - Ryu B AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea. FAU - Wong, Kien Tiek AU - Wong KT AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kientiek@kw.ac.kr. FAU - Choong, Choe Earn AU - Choong CE AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Jung-Rae AU - Kim JR AD - School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Hyunook AU - Kim H AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Sang-Hyoun AU - Kim SH AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jeon, Byong-Hun AU - Jeon BH AD - Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea. FAU - Yoon, Yeomin AU - Yoon Y AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. FAU - Snyder, Shane A AU - Snyder SA AD - Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, CleanTech One, Singapore 637141, Singapore. FAU - Jang, Min AU - Jang M AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-Ro, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: minjang@kw.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210402 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - JE42381TNV (Sulfamethoxazole) SB - IM MH - *Environmental Pollutants MH - Hydrogen Peroxide MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Sulfamethoxazole MH - Wastewater MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Electrons OT - Hydrogen peroxide OT - Photocatalysis OT - Sonolysis OT - Synergistic EDAT- 2021/04/17 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/20 06:00 CRDT- 2021/04/16 20:24 PHST- 2021/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/03/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/16 20:24 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(21)00751-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125787 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2021 Aug 15;416:125787. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125787. Epub 2021 Apr 2.