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ArticleNature communications2024

Nanoconfinement steers nonradical pathway transition in single atom fenton-like catalysis for improving oxidant utilization.

Yan Meng, Yu-Qin Liu, Chao Wang, Yang Si, Yun-Jie Wang, Wen-Qi Xia, Tian Liu, Xu Cao, Zhi-Yan Guo, Jie-Jie Chen and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yan Meng *CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-7662
Yu-Qin Liu *CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-1658-3714
Chao Wang *National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3378-6594
Yang SiKunming Institute of Physics, Kunming, China.
Yun-Jie WangCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3080-5518
Wen-Qi XiaCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7225-1445
Tian LiuSustainable Energy and Environmental Materials Innovation Center, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science & Technology of China, Suzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8129-0654
Xu CaoCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5982-5837
Zhi-Yan GuoCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. gzy2018@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-2931
Jie-Jie ChenCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-8305
Wen-Wei LiCAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. wwli@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9280-0045

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 12275271National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51821006National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52192681National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U21A20160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of single-atom catalysts (SACs) into Fenton-like oxidation promises ultrafast water pollutant elimination, but the limited access to pollutants and oxidant by surface catalytic sites and the intensive oxidant consumption still severely restrict the decontamination performance. While nanoconfinement of SACs allows drastically enhanced decontamination reaction kinetics, the detailed regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we unveil that, apart from local enrichment of reactants, the catalytic pathway shift is also an important cause for the reactivity enhancement of nanoconfined SACs. The surface electronic structure of cobalt site is altered by confining it within the nanopores of mesostructured silica particles, which triggers a fundamental transition from singlet oxygen to electron transfer pathway for 4-chlorophenol oxidation. The changed pathway and accelerated interfacial mass transfer render the nanoconfined system up to 34.7-fold higher pollutant degradation rate and drastically raised peroxymonosulfate utilization efficiency (from 61.8% to 96.6%) relative to the unconfined control. It also demonstrates superior reactivity for the degradation of other electron-rich phenolic compounds, good environment robustness, and high stability for treating real lake water. Our findings deepen the knowledge of nanoconfined catalysis and may inspire innovations in low-carbon water purification technologies and other heterogeneous catalytic applications.

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