Sustainable micro-activation of dissolved oxygen driving pollutant conversion on Mo-enhanced zinc sulfide surface in natural conditions.

ABSTRACT: The activation of inert oxygen (O₂) often consumes enormous amounts of energy and resources, which is a global challenge in the field of environmental remediation and fuel cells. Organic pollutants are abundant in electrons and are promising alternative electron donors. Herein, we implement sustainable microactivation of dissolved oxygen (DO) by using the electrons and adsorption energy of pollutants by creating a nonequilibrium microsurface on nanoparticle-integrated molybdenum (Mo) lattice-doped zinc sulfide (ZnS) composites (MZS-1). Organic pollutants were quickly removed by DO microactivation in the MZS-1 system under natural conditions without any additional energy or electron donor. The turnover frequency (TOF, per Mo atom basis) is 5 orders of magnitude higher than those

SUBMITTER: Lu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11197714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature