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Local O2 concentrating boosts the electro-Fenton process for energy-efficient water remediation.


ABSTRACT: The electro-Fenton process is a state-of-the-art water treatment technology used to remove organic contaminants. However, the low O2 utilization efficiency (OUE, <1%) and high energy consumption remain the biggest obstacles to practical application. Here, we propose a local O2 concentrating (LOC) approach to increase the OUE by over 11-fold compared to the conventional simple O2 diffusion route. Due to the well-designed molecular structure, the LOC approach enables direct extraction of O2 from the bulk solution to the reaction interface; this eliminates the need to pump O2/air to overcome the sluggish O2 mass transfer and results in high Faradaic efficiencies (~50%) even under natural air diffusion conditions. Long-term operation of a flow-through pilot device indicated that the LOC approach saved more than 65% of the electric energy normally consumed in treating actual industrial wastewater, demonstrating the great potential of this system-level design to boost the electro-Fenton process for energy-efficient water remediation.

SUBMITTER: Xu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10945831 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Local O<sub>2</sub> concentrating boosts the electro-Fenton process for energy-efficient water remediation.

Xu Bincheng B   Lin Ze Z   Li Fengting F   Tao Tao T   Zhang Gong G   Wang Ying Y  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20240306 11


The electro-Fenton process is a state-of-the-art water treatment technology used to remove organic contaminants. However, the low O<sub>2</sub> utilization efficiency (OUE, <1%) and high energy consumption remain the biggest obstacles to practical application. Here, we propose a local O<sub>2</sub> concentrating (LOC) approach to increase the OUE by over 11-fold compared to the conventional simple O<sub>2</sub> diffusion route. Due to the well-designed molecular structure, the LOC approach enabl  ...[more]

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