title: Persulfate-assisted photodegradation of diethylstilbestrol using monoclinic BiVO4under visible-light irradiation.
abstract: In this study, the photosynergistic performance of BiVO4with persulfate (PS) is demonstrated under visible light irradiation for the first time. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was selected as a reluctant compound, and factors including dosages of PS and catalyst, solution pHs, initial concertration of DES, and inorganic anions were evaluated. The morphology and chemical state of bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS), and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). It was found that the degradation of DES was promoted in either acid or alkaline solutions. The increase of PS and BiVO4dosages was beneficial to the reactions, while incremental concentration of DES showed the inhibiting effect. By scavenging hVB+, Cl-was able to make the promotion, differentiated from the exsiting HCO- 3. Moreover, the photocatalytic mechanism for the BiVO4/PS/vis-light system was proposed by using several probe compounds (isopropanol, tert-butanol, and 1,4-benzoquinone), which consists of h+ VB/e- CB generation and recombination on the surface of BiVO4as well as free radical oxidation in the solutions. The study provides a distinctive method to treat organic contaminants using visible light in the aqueous environment.
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China. zxm581212@163.com.
authors.forename: Yongli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China. hgguo@scu.edu.cn.|National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China. hgguo@scu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010782:Photolysis; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D013431:Sulfates; C091754:bismuth vanadium tetraoxide; D014638:Vanadates; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D001729:Bismuth
keywords: BiVO4; Diethylstilbestrol; Persulfate; Photocatalytic; Visible light