<p>The growing usage of industrial dyes makes the sewage treatment a global issue, therefore low-cost, highly efficient catalysts are urgently demanded for wastewater purification. We present an ultrasonic-engineered catalytic technology, which can achieve an extremely high efficiency in azo dye degradation via a tiny dosage of 0.1 g L<sup>−1</sup> (only one-fifth of the normally used dosage) Fe<sub>81</sub>Si<sub>9</sub>B<sub>10</sub> amorphous powders (APs) with a low activation energy of 45.32 kJ mol<sup>−1</sup> and a high reaction rate of 0.70291 min<sup>−1</sup>. The non-destructive ultrasonic vibration (UV) treatment with very short processing times (0.43–1.08 s) amplifies degradation efficiency by an astonishing 55-fold compared to untreated APs. Combined with high-energy X-ray diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering analyses, we reveal that the UV-induced structural reconstruction at both short- and medium-range order effectively lower reaction energy barriers while accelerating charge transfer kinetics. The high-energy ultrasonic attacks promote the exposure of massive fresh active sites, which enhance the Fe<sup>2+</sup>/Fe<sup>3+</sup> redox circulation and thereby lead to the fast Fenton-like oxidation processes. By integrating ultrasonic physics with amorphous materials, this work develops an energy-efficient catalytic activation method, enabling sustainable water purification and innovative pollutant treatment strategies.</p>

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A highly efficient amorphous catalyst achieved by ultrasonic vibration

  • Jiayi Ruan,
  • Wei Li,
  • Chenchen Yuan,
  • Luyao Li,
  • Weihang Feng,
  • Wei He,
  • Tao Lu,
  • Fujun Lan,
  • Qiaoshi Zeng,
  • Yujiao Lu,
  • Zheng Wang,
  • Xuelian Wu,
  • Yubing Ke,
  • Hua Yang,
  • Jiang Ma,
  • Ye Pan,
  • Weihua Wang

摘要

The growing usage of industrial dyes makes the sewage treatment a global issue, therefore low-cost, highly efficient catalysts are urgently demanded for wastewater purification. We present an ultrasonic-engineered catalytic technology, which can achieve an extremely high efficiency in azo dye degradation via a tiny dosage of 0.1 g L−1 (only one-fifth of the normally used dosage) Fe81Si9B10 amorphous powders (APs) with a low activation energy of 45.32 kJ mol−1 and a high reaction rate of 0.70291 min−1. The non-destructive ultrasonic vibration (UV) treatment with very short processing times (0.43–1.08 s) amplifies degradation efficiency by an astonishing 55-fold compared to untreated APs. Combined with high-energy X-ray diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering analyses, we reveal that the UV-induced structural reconstruction at both short- and medium-range order effectively lower reaction energy barriers while accelerating charge transfer kinetics. The high-energy ultrasonic attacks promote the exposure of massive fresh active sites, which enhance the Fe2+/Fe3+ redox circulation and thereby lead to the fast Fenton-like oxidation processes. By integrating ultrasonic physics with amorphous materials, this work develops an energy-efficient catalytic activation method, enabling sustainable water purification and innovative pollutant treatment strategies.