Enhanced degradation of ibuprofen using a combined treatment of plasma and Fenton reactions

Yuki Hirami; Yuvaraj M Hunge; Norihiro Suzuki; Vicente Rodríguez-González; Takeshi Kondo; Makoto Yuasa; Akira Fujishima; Katsuya Teshima; Chiaki Terashima

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.136

Enhanced degradation of ibuprofen using a combined treatment of plasma and Fenton reactions

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Jul 15:642:829-836. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.136. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Authors

Yuki Hirami¹, Yuvaraj M Hunge², Norihiro Suzuki³, Vicente Rodríguez-González⁴, Takeshi Kondo⁵, Makoto Yuasa⁵, Akira Fujishima³, Katsuya Teshima⁶, Chiaki Terashima⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
² Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. Electronic address: yuvihunge@gmail.com.
³ Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
⁴ Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT), División de Materiales Avanzados, Camino a La Presa San José 2055, Lomas 4a. Sección 78216, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
⁵ Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
⁶ Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University, Nagano 380-8553, Japan.
⁷ Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University, Nagano 380-8553, Japan. Electronic address: terashima@rs.tus.ac.jp.

PMID: 36870903
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.136

Abstract

Advanced oxidation technologies (AOTs) proved to be effective in the degradation of hazardous organic impurities like acids, dyes, antibiotics etc. in the last few decades. AOTs are mainly based on the generation of reactive chemical species (RCS) such as hydroxyl, superoxide radicals etc., which plays an important role in the degradation of organiccompounds. In this work, plasma supported AOT i.e. Fenton reactions have been applied for the degradation of ibuprofen. As compared to traditional AOTs plasma assisted AOT is technologically superior due to its capability to produce RCS at a controlled rate without using chemical agents. This process work at normal room temperature and pressure. Herein, we optimized better operating conditions to generate good plasma discharge and hydroxyl radicals based on critical parameters, including frequency, pulse width and different gases like O₂, Ar etc. Also, the one-pot carbonization method is used for the synthesis of Fe-based ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) as a heterogeneous catalyst for the Fenton reactions. Using plasma-supported Fenton reactions, 88.3 % degradation efficiency is achieved using Fe-OMC catalyst for the ibuprofen degradation. Also, the mineralization of the ibuprofen is studied using total organic carbon (TOC) analysis.

Keywords: Degradation; Fenton reactions; Ibuprofen; Plasma technology.