PMID- 33930953 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20210604 LR - 20210604 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 413 DP - 2021 Jul 5 TI - Degradation of 2,4-DCP using persulfate and iron/E-carbon micro-electrolysis coupling system. PG - 125381 LID - S0304-3894(21)00344-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125381 [doi] AB - The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO(2)) was converted to a novel CO(2) conversion material (electrolytic carbon, EC) by molten salt electrochemical conversion, which served as the carbon source to prepare an iron-carbon composite (Fe-EC). The composite was used to activate persulfate (PS) and degrade 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in an aqueous solution. The effects of several essential operating parameters such as PS dosage and pH on 2,4-DCP degradation were investigated. The removal efficiency of 2,4-DCP (20 mg L(-1)) was 97.8% in the presence of Fe-EC (50 mg L(-1)) and PS (1 mmol L(-1)). Moreover, the average % reaction stoichiometric efficiency (RSE) (calculated for all selected times 5-60 min) was maintained at 23.07%. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), classical radical scavenging experiments, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were integrated for a mechanistic study, which disclosed that the active species in the system were identified as SO(4)(⦁-), *OH, and O(2)(⦁-). Moreover, the iron-carbon micro-electrolysis/PS (ICE-PS) system had a high tolerance to a wide range of pH, which would provide theoretical guidance for the treatment of organic pollutants in practical industrial wastewater. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ma, Yongsong AU - Ma Y AD - School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. FAU - Gu, Yuxing AU - Gu Y AD - School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. FAU - Jiang, Da AU - Jiang D AD - School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. FAU - Mao, Xuhui AU - Mao X AD - School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. FAU - Wang, Dihua AU - Wang D AD - School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. Electronic address: wangdh@whu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210217 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2,4-DCP OT - CO(2) conversion carbon OT - DFT calculations OT - Enhanced corrosion OT - Persulfate EDAT- 2021/05/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/02 06:01 CRDT- 2021/05/01 01:01 PHST- 2020/12/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/01 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/02 06:01 [medline] AID - S0304-3894(21)00344-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125381 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2021 Jul 5;413:125381. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125381. Epub 2021 Feb 17.