Heat-Activated Persulfate by Fe-Based Metallic Glass: A Comparative Study of Two Dyes

Abstract:

In this work, the heat-activated persulfate (PS) in the presence of Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ metallic glasses (MGs) shows an extremely difference in degradation of azo dye and triarylmethane dye, where Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ MGs exhibits a superior activation ability for PS with assistance of heat leading to the fast removal of two dyes. The structural features of Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ MGs are firstly characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), following analysis of surface topography by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that with the addition of Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ MGs, the recalcitrant azo dye is completely removed within 5 min while only 6% of removal rate can be achieved without adding MGs, indicating that the refractory azo dye can be easily degraded by sulfate radical (SO₄•^–) from heat/MGs/PS. On the other hand, no big variation occurs between PS and MGs/PS under heat activation in degrading triarylmethane dye. Sole PS activated by heat results in a fast removal rate, indicating that triarylmethane dye can be easily degraded by PS itself compared to azo dye. The findings in this work present an in-depth understanding of heat/MGs/PS system in dyes degradation.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 921)
• Pages: 13-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.921.13
• Online since: May 2018
• Authors: Shun Xing Liang, Jin Cheng Wang, Lai Chang Zhang*
• Keywords: Dyes, Heat-Activated, Metallic Glass, Persulfate, Sulfate Radical

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