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Developing Photosensitizer-Cobaloxime Hybrids for Solar-Driven H2 Production in Aqueous Aerobic Conditions
Published on: October 5, 2019
Solar-powered enzymatic-photoelectrocatalytic system constructed with three-dimensional dual photoelectrodes for
Jianqiao Liu1, Jinli Wang2, Jiang Guo1
1Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, China.
Abstract:
The coupling of photoelectrocatalysis (PEC) and enzymatic catalysis was explored for efficient treatment of practical phenol-containing coking wastewater outdoors. The developed enzymatic-photoelectrocatalytic (EPEC) system consisted of three-dimensional dual photoelectrodes fabricated with carbon fiber cloth (CFC), namely a CFC-supported WO3 photoanode with oxygen vacancies and a CFC-supported Au-BiOBr photocathode with immobilized horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The experimental results and computational fluid dynamics study revealed that dual CFC-based photoelectrodes with three-dimensional network structures could optimize the fluid diffusion on the electrode surface and enhance the efficiency of pollutant degradation. Further investigation indicated that the introduction of oxygen vacancies promoted the PEC oxidation activity of the WO3 photoanode while the Au nanoparticles modification was favorable to improving the immobilization of HRP and PEC generation of H2O2 on BiOBr photocathode. Moreover, photovoltaic (PV) cells were integrated in the EPEC system to provide applied potential and promote the utilization of solar irradiation. The mineralization rate of coking wastewater reached 88.5% using the PV-integrated EPEC system driven by natural solar energy, which demonstrated potential for treating actual industrial wastewater.
