Heterogeneous
electro-Fenton (HEF) reaction has been considered
as a promising process for real effluent treatments. However, the
design of effective catalysts for simultaneous H2O2 generation and activation to achieve bifunctional catalysis
for O2 toward •OH production remains a challenge.
Herein, a core–shell structural Fe-based catalyst (FeNC@C),
with Fe3C and FeN nanoparticles encapsulated by porous
graphitic layers, was synthesized and employed in a HEF system. The
FeNC@C catalyst presented a significant performance in degradation
of various chlorophenols at various conditions with an extremely low
level of leached iron. Electron spin resonance and radical scavenging
revealed that •OH was the key reactive species and FeIV would play a role at neutral conditions. Experimental and density
function theory calculation revealed the dominated role of Fe3C in H2O2 generation and the positive
effect of FeN
x
sites on H2O2 activation to form •OH. Meanwhile, FeNC@C was proved
to be less pH dependence, high stability, and well-recycled materials
for practical application in wastewater purification.
Introduction: Recent studies have shown that inflammatory patterns of nasal polyps from patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in East Asia have changed over time. However, to date there is a marked lack of similar data for CRSwNP in Northern China. This study thus aimed to assess the changes in the clinical and histological characteristics of CRSwNP patients from Northern China over the past 2–3 decades. Methods: This was a retrospective study, which examined data from 2 groups of 150 CRSwNP patients each, who had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery in Beijing Tongren Hospital from 1993 to 1995 (group A) and from 2015 to 2019 (group B). All relevant data for demographic, clinical, and histological parameters were collected for each patient from the 2 groups and compared for overall changes between the 2 groups. Results: The comorbidity of CRSwNP and asthma increased over time and the cellular phenotype of CRSwNPchanged significantly; in particular, the proportion of eosinophil-dominant CRSwNP increased, lymphocyte-dominant and plasma-dominant CRSwNP decreased significantly, and the proportions of neutrophil-dominant and mixed CRSwNP were not altered. The rate of polyp recurrence increased in CRSwNP but did not in eosinophilic CRSwNP. Smoking and age did not significantly impact the inflammatory patterns of CRSwNP. Conclusions: The inflammatory patterns of CRSwNP patients have changed and comorbidity of asthma significantly increased in CRSwNP patients in Northern China over the past 2–3 decades.
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