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Haixia Wu1, Ruoyu Liu1, Yongjun Sun1
1College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
Abstract:
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was added to the system after being treated with high-voltage pulse discharge plasma to improve the degradation efficiency of pollutants and reduce energy consumption. The discharge plasma-treated solution contains hydrogen peroxide and metal iron ions, and MoS2 addition can cause co-catalytic Fenton reaction. The effects of discharge time, initial pH, phenol concentration, MoS2 dosage, discharge voltage, and gas type on phenol removal and aqueous H2O2 concentration were mainly investigated. Results showed that the addition of MoS2 after plasma treatment can reduce the plasma treatment time by 70% and maintain or even increase the degradation efficiency of phenol from 40% (after 20 min of discharge plasma) to 92% (after turning off the discharge and dosing with MoS2 for 30 min). Acidic conditions (pH = 3-4) and oxygen were beneficial to phenol removal. MoS2 addition greatly improved the catalytic oxidation of discharge plasma. This study provides a promising direction for water treatment based on plasma technology.
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