New Antifouling Dual Iron-Based Photo-Fenton Catalytic Membrane Dedicated to Long-Term Treatment of Oils and Dyes.

Yang, Huasheng; Xiao, Yingying; Chen, Qi; Li, Meiyan; Xiang, Qian; Ren, Jingjing; Zhang, Yanzong; Yang, Gang et al. · Nano Lett · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Combining the photo-Fenton catalytic reaction with membrane separation technology can effectively treat oils and dyes in water. However, single iron-based catalysts suffer from limited photogenerated carrier utilization and slow Fe<sup>3+</sup>/Fe<sup>2+</sup> redox reactions, leading to membrane contamination. In this study, iron oxyhydroxide and Prussian blue were grown on a PVDF membrane, optimizing electron transfer to improve the catalytic efficiency (the methylene blue degradation efficiency was nearly 50% in 10 min and the reaction rate constant was 0.094 min<sup>-1</sup>). The membrane flux for multicomponent oily wastewater reached 965.3 L·m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, with an over 99.9% dye removal rate. The flux of actual printing and dyeing wastewater after continuous filtration for 60 min reached 373.6 L·m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>. Moreover, the catalytic and filtration mechanisms were explained in detail. The strategy provided in this study has certain practical application value in printing and dyeing wastewater treatment.