Resourceful treatment of complex uranium-organic wastewater by a hybrid tandem photocatalytic fuel cell with SnS2 nanoplate modified carbon felt cathode
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Abstract
Resourceful treatment of wastewater is a promising way to facilitate sustainable development. Recently, photocatalytic fuel cells (PFCs) have attracted widespread attention as the method that can synchronously achieve wastewater treatment and clean energy production only depend on light. However, few PFCs focused on treating complex uranium (U(VI))-organic wastewater. This study prepared a SnS2 nanoplate decorated carbon felt (SnS2/CF) material by facile hydrothermal method and used as the cathode to construct a hybrid tandem photocatalytic fuel cell (HTPFC) system. Compared to the CF-HTPFC, the removal efficiencies of U(VI) and tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) increased to 3.4 and 1.8 times in the SnS2/CF-HTPFC system, accompanied with the reaction rate (kobs) values increased to 30.39 and 3.78 times, respectively. More importantly, under real sunlight irradiation (From 10:00 to 16:00), the removal efficiencies of U(VI) and TCH respectively reached 92.49 % and 97.96 %, and the Pmax reached 6.49 mW·cm−2. HTPFC also displayed satisfactory performances in treating radioactive wastewater containing different organic compounds, with the removal efficiencies of U(VI) and organic compounds both exceeded 93.35 %. The loading of SnS2 nanoplates enhanced electrochemical performance and introduced abundant S active sites, allowing more U(VI) to be adsorbed and reduced, and simultaneously promoting the removal of organic matter by improving the charge separation efficiency.
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The Journal of Hazardous Materials serves as a global platform for promoting cutting-edge research in the field of Environmental Science and Engineering. Our publication features a wide range of articles, including full-length research papers, review articles, and perspectives, with the aim of enhancing our understanding of the dangers and risks associated with various materials concerning public health and the environment. It is important to note that the term "environmental contaminants" refers specifically to substances that pose hazardous effects through contamination, while excluding those that do not have such impacts on the environment or human health. Moreover, we emphasize the distinction between wastes and hazardous materials in order to provide further clarity on the scope of the journal. We have a keen interest in exploring specific compounds and microbial agents that have adverse effects on the environment.