Nanoconfined Iron Oxide Electrocatalyst

Activates peracetic acid for pollutant degradation

Enhanced oxidation kinetics and a shift to nonradical pathways under nanoconfinement and flow-through electric field.

Wutong, Mei · Ren, Yifan · Chen, Quanyuan · Liu, Meng · Wang, Xin · Nanayakkara, Nadeeshani · Liu, Yanbiao

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2025

Advantages

Enhanced pollutant oxidation kinetics

Catalytic pathway steered from radical to nonradical-dominated

Flow-through configuration induced convective mass transport to boost reaction kinetics