Efficient activation of peroxydisulfate by g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6 nanocomposite for enhanced organic pollutants degradation through non-radical dominated oxidation processes

Persulfate-assisted photocatalysis technology is considered to be a promising method for the rapid and efficient degradation of organic pollutants in water environment remediation. In this study, a novel gC(3)N(4)/Bi2MoO6/PDS (CN/BMO/PDS) system is constructed and applied in 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DPH) degradation under visible light irradiation. Compared with the CN/BMO system, the degradation rate of 2,4-DPH is significantly improved from 59.7% to 90.2% within 60 min in the combined CN/ BMO/PDS system. The enhanced performance can be attributed to the superior synergetic effects of CN/BMO, PDS and visible light irradiation. More importantly, singlet oxygen (O-1(2)) is determined as the main reactive species based on the radical scavenging experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), which indicates that the combined system can achieve non-radical oxidative degradation of pollutants, instead of the traditional radical oxidation process. In addition, the active sites of the reaction during the non-radical O-1(2) oxidation are calculated by density functional theory (DFT), and the stability and reusability of catalyst are also investigated. In brief, the CN/BMO/PDS system has great application potential for removing organic pollutants from wastewater. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.