Investigating the effectiveness of bifacial mixed metal MOF electrodes for the photoelectro-catalytic treatment of municipal wastewater

Parminder Kaur*, Moonis Ali Khan, Yongdan Li, Ahmed A.S. Al-Othman, Zeid Abdullah Alothman, Mika Sillanpää, Ville Kuokkanen, Monzur A. Imteaz, Saleh Al-Farraj

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Abstract

The effectiveness of bifacial mixed metal-metal organic framework (MOF) anodes for municipal wastewater's photoelectro-catalytic (PEC) treatment has been rarely explored. Herein, pollutants removal efficiency from the municipal wastewater and the effect of operational parameters is verified under a visible range of light in a PEC system using TiO2–Bi(mixed metal)-MOF and TiO2–Sb(mixed metal)-MOF anodes, respectively. The comparable efficiency of pollutant removal from municipal wastewater in the PEC system with TiO2–Bi(mixed metal)-MOF anodes is high. At optimum operation parameters, TiO2–Bi(mixed metal)-MOF anodes in the PEC system play a positive role in the removal of micropollutants and the disinfection of municipal wastewater. This study reveals that PEC treatment of municipal wastewater contributes (35% of relative luminescence inhibition) to toxic biproducts.

Original languageEnglish
Article number136165
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Cleaner Production
Volume392
Early online date3 Feb 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Chemical oxidation demand
  • Disinfection
  • Metal-organic framework
  • Municipal wastewater
  • Photoelectro-catalytic process
  • Visible light

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