Nature Communications ( IF 14.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-11-19 , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54225-x Yuanfang Lin, Ying Wang, Zongling Weng, Yang Zhou, Siqi Liu, Xinwen Ou, Xing Xu, Yanpeng Cai, Jin Jiang, Bin Han, Zhifeng Yang
Coordination engineering of high-valent Fe(IV)-oxo (FeIV=O) is expected to break the activity-selectivity trade-off of traditional reactive oxygen species, while attempts to regulate the oxidation behaviors of heterogeneous FeIV=O remain unexplored. Here, by coordination engineering of Fe-Nx single-atom catalysts (Fe-Nx SACs), we propose a feasible approach to regulate the oxidation behaviors of heterogeneous FeIV=O. The developed Fe-N2 SACs/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) system delivers boosted performance for FeIV=O generation, and thereby can selectively remove a range of pollutants within tens of seconds. In-situ spectra and theoretical simulations suggest that low-coordination Fe-Nx SACs favor the generation of FeIV=O via PMS activation as providing more electrons to facilitate the desorption of the key *SO4H intermediate. Due to their disparate attacking sites to sulfamethoxazole (SMX) molecules, Fe-N2 SACs mediated FeIV=O (FeIVN2=O) oxidize SMX to small molecules with less toxicity, while FeIVN4=O produces series of more toxic azo compounds through N-N coupling with more complex oxidation pathways.
中文翻译:
非均相高价 Fe(IV)-oxo 的配位工程,通过强大的 Fenton 类反应安全去除污染物
高价 Fe(IV)-oxo (FeIV=O) 的配位工程有望打破传统活性氧的活性-选择性权衡,而调节非均相 FeIV=O 的氧化行为的尝试仍未探索。在这里,通过 Fe-Nx 单原子催化剂 (Fe-Nx SAC) 的配位工程,我们提出了一种可行的方法来调节非均相 FeIV=O 的氧化行为。开发的 Fe-N2 SACs/过氧一硫酸盐 (PMS) 系统为 FeIV=O 的生成提供了更高的性能,因此可以在数十秒内选择性地去除一系列污染物。原位光谱和理论模拟表明,低配位 Fe-Nx SAC 有利于通过 PMS 活化产生 FeIV=O,因为它提供了更多的电子来促进关键 *SO4H 中间体的解吸。由于它们与磺胺甲噁唑 (SMX) 分子的攻击位点不同,Fe-N2 SACs 介导的 FeIV=O (FeIVN2=O) 将 SMX 氧化成毒性较小的小分子,而 FeIVN4=O 通过 N-N 偶联与更复杂的氧化途径产生一系列毒性更强的偶氮化合物。