title: A highly efficient degradation mechanism of methyl orange using Fe-based metallic glass powders.
abstract: A new Fe-based metallic glass with composition Fe76B12Si9Y3 (at. %) is found to have extraordinary degradation efficiency towards methyl orange (MO, C14H14N3SO3) in strong acidic and near neutral environments compared to crystalline zero-valent iron (ZVI) powders and other Fe-based metallic glasses. The influence of temperature (294-328 K) on the degradation reaction rate was measured using ball-milled metallic glass powders revealing a low thermal activation energy barrier of 22.6 kJ/mol. The excellent properties are mainly attributed to the heterogeneous structure consisting of local Fe-rich and Fe-poor atomic clusters, rather than the large specific surface and strong residual stress in the powders. The metallic glass powders can sustain almost unchanged degradation efficiency after 13 cycles at room temperature, while a drop in degradation efficiency with further cycles is attributed to visible surface oxidation. Triple quadrupole mass spectrometry analysis conducted during the reaction was used to elucidate the underlying degradation mechanism. The present findings may provide a new, highly efficient and low cost commercial method for azo dye wastewater treatment.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Ceramics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, ShenZhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Shenghui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Ceramics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, ShenZhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Materials Science, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kruzic
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Ceramics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, ShenZhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Xierong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Ceramics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, ShenZhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Haixia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qian