Heterogeneous electro-Fenton catalysis with self-supporting CFP@MnO2-Fe3O4/C cathode for shale gas fracturing flowback wastewater
Authors
Pei Dong
Xi Chen
Meiting Guo
Zhiyuan Wu
Haolong Wang
Feifei Lin
Jinqiang Zhang, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Shuaijun Wang
Chaocheng Zhao
Hongqi Sun, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Volume
412
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
32806
Funders
National Science and Technology Major Project
Abstract
© 2021 Elsevier B.V. Self-supporting electrodes have triggered great interests in improving electro-Fenton (EF) system for degradation of refractory organic pollutants. In this work, a novel self-supporting carbon fiber paper (CFP) electrode modified by transition metals, e.g. Fe and Mn, was fabricated and employed as a heterogeneous EF cathode. The prepared electrode exhibited excellent degradation for a number of typical organic pollutants along with superior stability. Remarkably, a high removal efficiency was achieved in the EF treatment of shale gas fracturing flowback wastewater. Results indicated that 65.2% TOC and 74.8% COD were eliminated after 4 h degradation. The residual COD value of the real wastewater was 80 mg L−1, meeting the emission requirement of the integrated wastewater discharge standard (COD < 100 mg L−1) with a low specific energy consumption of 6.9 kWh kg−1 COD−1. This work demonstrates a competing alternative for efficient decontamination of real wastewater using an electro-Fenton strategy with a low-cost electrode.
DOI
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125208
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Dong, P., Chen, X., Guo, M., Wu, Z., Wang, H., Lin, F., ... Sun, H. (2021). Heterogeneous electro-Fenton catalysis with self-supporting CFP@ MnO2-Fe3O4/C cathode for shale gas fracturing flowback wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 412, article 125208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125208