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Enhanced mineralization of pharmaceutical residues at circumneutral pH by heterogeneous electro-Fenton-like process with Cu/C catalyst
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Conventional electro-Fenton (EF) process at acidic pH ∼3 is recognized as a highly effective strategy to degrade organic pollutants; however, homogeneous metal catalysts cannot be employed in more alkaline media. To overcome this limitation, pyrolytic derivatives from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising heterogeneous catalysts. Cu-based MOFs were prepared using trimesic acid as the organic ligand and different pyrolysis conditions, yielding a set of nano-Cu/C catalysts that were analyzed by conventional methods. Among them, XPS revealed the surface of the Cu/C-A2-Ar/H2 catalyst was slightly oxidized to Cu(I) and, combined with XRD and HRTEM data, it can be concluded that the catalyst presents a core-shell structure where metallic copper is embedded in a carbon layer. The antihistamine diphenhydramine (DPH), spiked into either synthetic Na2SO4 solutions or actual urban wastewater, was treated in an undivided electrolytic cell equipped with a DSA-Cl2 anode and a commercial air-diffusion cathode able to electrogenerate H2O2. Using Cu/C as suspended catalyst, DPH was completely degraded in both media at pH 6–8, outperforming the EF process with Fe2+ catalyst at pH 3 in terms of degradation rate and mineralization degree thanks to the absence of refractory Fe(III)-carboxylate complexes that typically decelerate the TOC abatement. From the by-products detected by GC/MS, a reaction sequence for DPH mineralization is proposed.
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ZHAO, Lele, PADILLA, José a., XURIGUERA MARTÍN, María elena, CABOT JULIÀ, Pere-lluís, BRILLAS, Enric, SIRÉS SADORNIL, Ignacio. Enhanced mineralization of pharmaceutical residues at circumneutral pH by heterogeneous electro-Fenton-like process with Cu/C catalyst. _Chemosphere_. 2024. Vol. 364, núm. 1-11. [consulta: 22 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0045-6535. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215974]