TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient mineralization of benzoic and phthalic acids in water by catalytic ozonation using a nickel oxide catalyst
AU - Magallanes, Diana
AU - Rodríguez, Julia L.
AU - Poznyak, Tatiana
AU - Valenzuela, Miguel A.
AU - Lartundo, Luis
AU - Chairez, Isaac
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
PY - 2015/7/23
Y1 - 2015/7/23
N2 - Organic acids (OAs) are usually used as refractory model compounds that require prolonged reaction time for their mineralization by different treatments. In this study, benzoic and phthalic acids in aqueous solution were significantly degraded and mineralized by catalytic ozonation in the presence of nickel oxide (NiO). For instance, only 42% mineralization was obtained by direct reaction with molecular ozone, while by catalytic ozonation 98% was achieved. These surprising results led to study in depth the role of NiO in the catalytic ozonation of both organic acids. With the aim of identifying the surface species responsible for the high activity of NiO, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used as the main analytical tools. According to the results, the mineralization of both organic acids was directly influenced by the organic groups adsorbed onto the NiO surface. Therefore, NiO plays a relevant role as a catalyst forming complex surface compounds which are subsequently decomposed increasing the mineralization efficiency. In addition, a simplified kinetic study was conducted to characterize the effect of NiO concentration on the removal efficiency of both organic acids and the accumulation and degradation of the main byproduct (oxalic acid). These results were explained in terms of a combination of two reaction mechanisms such as conventional ozonation and indirect reaction based on OH radicals.
AB - Organic acids (OAs) are usually used as refractory model compounds that require prolonged reaction time for their mineralization by different treatments. In this study, benzoic and phthalic acids in aqueous solution were significantly degraded and mineralized by catalytic ozonation in the presence of nickel oxide (NiO). For instance, only 42% mineralization was obtained by direct reaction with molecular ozone, while by catalytic ozonation 98% was achieved. These surprising results led to study in depth the role of NiO in the catalytic ozonation of both organic acids. With the aim of identifying the surface species responsible for the high activity of NiO, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used as the main analytical tools. According to the results, the mineralization of both organic acids was directly influenced by the organic groups adsorbed onto the NiO surface. Therefore, NiO plays a relevant role as a catalyst forming complex surface compounds which are subsequently decomposed increasing the mineralization efficiency. In addition, a simplified kinetic study was conducted to characterize the effect of NiO concentration on the removal efficiency of both organic acids and the accumulation and degradation of the main byproduct (oxalic acid). These results were explained in terms of a combination of two reaction mechanisms such as conventional ozonation and indirect reaction based on OH radicals.
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U2 - 10.1039/c5nj01385b
DO - 10.1039/c5nj01385b
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1144-0546
VL - 39
SP - 7839
EP - 7848
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -