TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced Reactivity and Electron Selectivity of Sulfidated Zerovalent Iron toward Chromate under Aerobic Conditions
AU - Li, Jinxiang
AU - Zhang, Xueying
AU - Liu, Meichuan
AU - Pan, Bingcai
AU - Zhang, Weiming
AU - Shi, Zhong
AU - Guan, Xiaohong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/3/6
Y1 - 2018/3/6
N2 - When zerovalent iron (ZVI) is used in reductive removal of contaminants from industrial wastewater, where dissolved oxygen (DO) competes with target contaminant for the electrons donated by ZVI, both the reactivity and the electron selectivity (ES) of ZVI toward target contaminant are critical. Thus, the reactivity and ES of two sulfidated ZVI (S-ZVI) samples, synthesized by ball-milling with elemental sulfur (S-ZVIbm) and reacting with Na2S (S-ZVINa2S), toward Cr(VI) under aerobic conditions were investigated. Sulfidation appreciably increased the reactivity of ZVI and the ratio of the rate constants for Cr(VI) removal by S-ZVIbm or S-ZVINa2S to their counterparts without sulfur fell in the range of 1.4-29.9. ES of S-ZVIbm and S-ZVINa2S toward Cr(VI) were determined to be 14.6% and 13.3%, which were 10.7- and 7.5-fold greater than that without sulfidation, respectively. This was mainly ascribed to the greater improving effect of sulfidation on the reduction rate of Cr(VI) than that of DO by ZVI. The improving effects of sulfidation on the performance of ZVI were mainly due to the following mechanisms: sulfidation increased the specific surface area of ZVI, the FeSx layer facilitated the enrichment of Cr(VI) anions on S-ZVI surface because of its anions selective property and favored the electron transfer from Fe0 core to Cr(VI) at the surface because of its role as efficient electron conductor.
AB - When zerovalent iron (ZVI) is used in reductive removal of contaminants from industrial wastewater, where dissolved oxygen (DO) competes with target contaminant for the electrons donated by ZVI, both the reactivity and the electron selectivity (ES) of ZVI toward target contaminant are critical. Thus, the reactivity and ES of two sulfidated ZVI (S-ZVI) samples, synthesized by ball-milling with elemental sulfur (S-ZVIbm) and reacting with Na2S (S-ZVINa2S), toward Cr(VI) under aerobic conditions were investigated. Sulfidation appreciably increased the reactivity of ZVI and the ratio of the rate constants for Cr(VI) removal by S-ZVIbm or S-ZVINa2S to their counterparts without sulfur fell in the range of 1.4-29.9. ES of S-ZVIbm and S-ZVINa2S toward Cr(VI) were determined to be 14.6% and 13.3%, which were 10.7- and 7.5-fold greater than that without sulfidation, respectively. This was mainly ascribed to the greater improving effect of sulfidation on the reduction rate of Cr(VI) than that of DO by ZVI. The improving effects of sulfidation on the performance of ZVI were mainly due to the following mechanisms: sulfidation increased the specific surface area of ZVI, the FeSx layer facilitated the enrichment of Cr(VI) anions on S-ZVI surface because of its anions selective property and favored the electron transfer from Fe0 core to Cr(VI) at the surface because of its role as efficient electron conductor.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85043465038
U2 - 10.1021/acs.est.7b06502
DO - 10.1021/acs.est.7b06502
M3 - 文章
C2 - 29446929
AN - SCOPUS:85043465038
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 52
SP - 2988
EP - 2997
JO - Environmental Science and Technology
JF - Environmental Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -