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Application of heterogenous catalyst of tris(1,10)-phenanthroline iron(II) loaded on zeolite for the photo-Fenton degradation of methylene blue

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A heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalyst was prepared using the complex tris(1,10)-phenanthroline iron(II) loaded on the NaY type of zeolite. The catalyst displayed a feature of the photo-Fenton degradation of methylene blue, and a linear relationship between ln(C0/Ct) and reaction time was obtained, indicating the kinetic characteristics of a pseudo first-order reaction. The repeated cyclic experiments showed that the heterogeneous catalyst was stable and recoverable. Compared with the traditional homogeneous Fenton reagent, the heterogeneous catalyst has the advantage in the neutral or weakly basic medium used because the active component tris(1,10)-phenanthroline iron(II) is a stable chelate compound. The photo-Fenton degradation pathway for methylene blue was given based on the mass spectral data.

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Abbreviations

MB:

Methylene blue

C0 :

The initial concentration

Ct :

The concentration at the reaction time t

kapp :

Apparent reaction rate constant

R:

Correlation coefficient

t:

Reaction time or irradiation time

ti :

Induction time

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support by Ministry of Housing and Urban–Rural Development (Grant No.: 06-K4-26), Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering (Grant No.: 2D051204), the Creative Project of Postgraduate of Jiangsu Province (Grant No.: CX09S-049Z), the Project from Suzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, the Project for the development of high-tech industry of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (JHZD04-010), and the Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Juan Zhang, Feng-Tian Hu, Qian-Qian Liu, Xin Zhao & Shou-Qing Liu

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Zhang, J., Hu, FT., Liu, QQ. et al. Application of heterogenous catalyst of tris(1,10)-phenanthroline iron(II) loaded on zeolite for the photo-Fenton degradation of methylene blue. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 103, 299–310 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-011-0323-2

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