Xue-Fei Zhou – Wood Research

Author: Xue-Fei Zhou

Wuhan Textile University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass Fibers and Eco-Dyeing and Finishing, Wuhan, China
Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin, China
Minjiang University, Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Textile Fibers and Materials, Fuzhou, China
Kunming University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming, China
Guangxi University For Nationalities, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Nanning, China

WOOD RESEARCH Volume 64, Number 1, 2019
Xujie Lu, Yong-Gui Li, Xue-Fei Zhou, Fu-Hou Lei, Zu-Guang Liu, and Ting Wang

Degradation of wood fire retardant by UV assisted biomimetic oxidation over Cu([H4]salen) using BDE209 as a model

This work aimed to study mineralization and detoxification of BDE209 by biomimetic oxidation. The removal rate (RR) of BDE209 of process was comparatively investigated in the presence of UV radiation using immobilized Cu([H4]salen) complexes (Cu([H4]salen)/IM and Cu([H4]salen)/SB) as biomimetic catalysts. Their neat and [H2]salen complexes were compared towards BDE209 degradation. UV effects were evaluated according to RR. Ecotoxicities were measured for treated BDE209 solutions and explained in terms of total organic carbon (TOC). The results showed that UV-Cu([H4]salen)/SB process evidently gave high RR and low ecotoxicity in BDE209 degradation, indicating a significant superiority of biomimetic catalysis, complex reduction and immobilization and UV radiation.