Study on catalytic mechanisms of Fe_(3)O_(4)-rGO_(x) in three typical advanced oxidation processes for tetracycline hydrochloride degradation

摘要

This study explored the catalytic mechanism and performance impacted by the materials ratio of Fe_(3)O_(4)-GO_(x) composites in three typical advanced oxidation processes(AOPs)of O_(3),peroxodisulfate(PDS)and photo-Fenton processes for tetracycline hydrochloride(TCH)degradation.The ratio of GO in the Fe_(3)O_(4)-GO_(x) composites exhibited different trends of degradation capacity in each AOPs based on different mechanisms.Fe_(3)O_(4)-rGO_(20wt%) exhibited the optimum catalytic performance which enhanced the ozone decomposition efficiency from 33.48%(ozone alone)to 51.83%with the major reactive oxygen species(ROS)of O_(2)·-.In PDS and photo-Fenton processes,Fe_(3)O_(4)-rGO_(5wt%) had the highest catalytic performance in PDS and H_(2)O_(2) decomposition for SO_(4)·–,and·OH generation,respectively.Compared with using PDS alone,PDS decomposition rate and TCH degradation rate could be increased by 5.97 and 1.73 times under Fe_(3)O_(4)-rGO_(5wt%) catalysis.In the photo-Fenton system,Fe_(3)O_(4)-rGO_(5wt%) with the best catalyst performance in H_(2)O_(2) decomposition,and TCH degradation rate increased by 2.02 times compared with blank group.Meantime,the catalytic mechanisms in those systems of that the ROS produced by conversion between Fe^(2+)/Fe^(3+)were also analyzed.