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The sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) is a promising method for the degradation of pollutants, with the development of highly efficient catalysts for persulfate activation has been widely concerned. The novel BiCoFe-LDH (BCF-x) was synthesized successfully by coprecipitation method, which can activate peroxydisulfate (PDS) efficiently to degrade aniline. Comparative analysis with pure CoFe-LDH revealed a remarkable increase in reaction rate constant by approximately 14.66 times; the degradation rate of aniline (10 mg/L) was 100% in 60 min with the condition of 0.5 g/L BCF-1.5 and 0.5 g/L PDS, due to BCF-1.5 which was characterized as a complex of CoFe-LDH and Bi2O2CO3, promoting electron transport to improve the efficiency of activated PDS. In the reaction system, SO4•−, ·OH, and 1O2 were responsible for the aniline degradation and ·OH was the primary one. Furthermore, this work proposes a reaction electron transfer catalytic mechanism, which provided a new insight and good application prospect for efficient activation of PDS for pollutant degradation.
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• The BiCoFe-LDH showed excellent PDS activation properties for aniline removal.
• The Bi2O2CO3 serves as an electron transfer mediator to promote Co2+/Co3+ and Fe2+/Fe3+ cycles.
• SO4•−, ·OH, and 1O2 play a significant role in the degradation of aniline.
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Li, Y., Jin, X. & Qi, B. Activation of peroxydisulfate via BiCoFe-layered double hydroxide for effective degradation of aniline. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 23979–23994 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32735-x
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