Construction of Fe/N/C nano-clusters anchored on porous diatomite for efficient removal of norfloxacin via the adsorption-PMS activation

In this study, natural porous diatomite was utilized as a conciliatory carrier for the fabrication of Fe/N/C nano-clusters with assistance of binary molten salt of NaCl-ZnCl 2 under different annealing temperature and used to removal of norfloxacin (NFA). The sample Fe/D m900 (prepared at 900 °C) exhibited a high surface area and great catalytic performance for antibiotics in the presence of PMS. Over 97% NFA can be decomposed within 5 min and the final degradation rate reached 98%. Meaningfully, high-efficiency Fe/D m900 -PMS system was nearly impervious to pH values and inorganic cations in aqueous solution and could be a likely candidate for degradation of multiple contaminants in pharmaceutical outlet water. Furthermore, the other impacting variables such as catalyst dosage, PMS dosage, NFA concentration and initial pH were moreover explored towards debasement, and conceivable degradation pathways of NFA were presented through LC-MS. This work builds up a compelling procedure to synthesize super-dispersed Fe clusters, which may be amplified to other transition metal-based catalyst via molten salt.