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Efficient degradation of tetracycline by activating Cu doped CoCO3@nickel foam of porous architecture with persulfate

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Develo** an efficient and stable monolithic catalyst is the key to remove organic pollutants from water. Herein, Cu doped CoCO3 was successfully loaded on metal foam nickel (NF) via a solvothermal process for the first time, which exhibited excellent performance for tetracycline (TTC) elimination. The effects of experimental conditions, including the initial solution pH and coexisting ions were studied in detail. The removal efficiency of TTC (50 mg/L) was 85.37%. The porous NF material speeded up the transfer of electrons in the process of catalytic degradation. Notably, the results of quenching experiments show that both free radicals and non-free radicals have a synergistic effect in the degradation of TTC. Porous NF has good mechanical strength. The degradation rate of the catalyst was 77.52% after three cycles. The reaction mechanism of degradation of TTC in Cu-CoCO3@NF/PS system with persulfate is proposed to be due to both free radicals, ·OH and SO4·− and non-free radicals of O21. Moreover, the system has long-term oxidation performance.

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We are grateful to the support from the following Funding Projects: National Key R and D Plan (Grant No. 2019YFC1805501), China; the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (Grant Nos 20107073, 41773106); the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (19ZR1418200), China, and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No. IRT13078), China, Innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students in Jiangsu Province, China (2022-A-19).

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    Beiyang Guo, Yichao Shi, Kewen Zheng, Minghong Wu & Guofa Ren

  2. School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Changzhou University, Jiangsu, 213164, China

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  3. Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 204 Energy and the Environment Laboratory, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

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Guo, B., Zhu, F., Zhuang, Y. et al. Efficient degradation of tetracycline by activating Cu doped CoCO3@nickel foam of porous architecture with persulfate. J Porous Mater 30, 1851–1859 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-023-01462-y

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