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Oxidative degradation of 2, 4-D in water by Fe/Co bimetallic nanocomposite-activated peroxymonosulfate
Received:March 27, 2023  
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KeyWord:2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid(2, 4-D);nano zero-valent iron;bimetal;peroxymonosulfate;radical
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ZHANG Rong Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China  
LUO Xinyu Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China 
 
YANG Qi Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China 
yq@cugb.edu.cn 
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Abstract:
      To alleviate environmental pollution caused by the organic chlorinated herbicide 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid(2, 4-D), in this study, iron-cobalt bimetallic nanoparticles(n-Fe/Co) were prepared by liquid-phase reduction, and the degradation performance of 2, 4-D via the activated peroxymonosulfate(PMS) system was optimized by adjusting the synthesis ratio of iron and cobalt. The results showed that 2, 4-D(10 mg·L-1) was completely removed within 30 min using 0.03 g·L-1 of n-Fe/Co and 0.5 mmol·L-1 of PMS at pH 4.5, and the removal of 2, 4-D was enhanced by 60.9 percent compared with the application of nano zero-valent iron(nZVI) alone. We found that n-Fe/Co could effectively remove 2, 4-D over a wide pH range(2-9) and under complex anion conditions. Free radical inhibition experiments revealed that hydroxyl radicals were the main active species involved in the reaction, with a contribution rate of 62.2%. On the basis of our analysis of intermediate products, we propose a degradation mechanism and the degradation pathway of 2, 4-D in the n-Fe/Co-PMS system. The findings of this study indicate that the n-Fe/Co nanocomposite-activated PMS system has considerable application potential for the treatment of 2, 4-D herbicide pollution in water.