Oxidative removal of water pollutants based on biomass-derived carbon nanosheets
HAO Rong-jiang1,2,3, GU Xiang-yu1, LI Song-geng1,2,4
1. State Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 2. Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing 100049, China; 4. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract:The porous two-dimensional carbon nanosheets with high graphitization and defect sites, designated M-C and M-N, were successfully synthesized via molten salt-assisted pyrolysis of glucose, with oxysalts (K2CO3 or KNO3) as additives, respectively. The oxysalts significantly enhanced the specific surface area of the carbon nanosheets. Particularly, KNO3 promoted nitrogen doping in M-N, resulting in a maximum adsorption capacity for acid orange 7 (AO7) of 480.77mg/g, surpassing that of biochar (BC) from direct pyrolysis and M-BC from molten salt-assisted pyrolysis without oxysalts. The adsorption and catalytic degradation of AO7 removal over carbon materials exhibited a synergistic effect. The catalytic activity of M-N in peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation was 22.64times that of M-BC and 33.48times that of BC. Additionally, the impact of nitrogen doping and other structural defects on the non-radical pathway-dominated catalytic processes was preliminarily assessed using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This study indicates that oxysalts can significantly reduce the amount of molten salt required in the preparation of carbon nanosheets, and also provides theoretical guidance for developing bifunctional biomass-based carbon materials for highly efficient organic pollutants adsorption and PMS activation.
郝熔江, 顾翔宇, 李松庚. 基于生物质基碳纳米片的水污染物氧化脱除[J]. 中国环境科学, 2025, 45(1): 144-157.
HAO Rong-jiang, GU Xiang-yu, LI Song-geng. Oxidative removal of water pollutants based on biomass-derived carbon nanosheets. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2025, 45(1): 144-157.
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