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Low-temperature catalytic decomposition of 130 tetrato octa- PCDD/Fs congeners over CuOX and MnOX modified V2O5/TiO2-CNTs with the assistance of O3 Rixiao Zhao, Dongdong Jin, Hangsheng Yang, Shengyong Lu, Phillip M Potter, Cuicui Du, Yaqi Peng, Xiaodong Li, and Jianhua Yan Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02977 • Publication Date (Web): 26 Sep 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 27, 2016

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Environmental Science & Technology

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Low-temperature catalytic decomposition of 130 tetra- to octa- PCDD/Fs

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congeners over CuOX and MnOX modified V2O5/TiO2-CNTs with the assistance

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of O3

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Rixiao Zhao, *, Dongdong Jin, *, Hangsheng Yang, *, Shengyong Lu, *, Phillip M.

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Potter,§ Cuicui Du, Yaqi Peng, Xiaodong Li, Jianhua Yan †

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Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou 310027, China.

State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power

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Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou 310027, China

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70803, American

State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and

Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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ACS Paragon Plus Environment


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Abstract: In this study, a reliable and steady PCDD/F generation system was utilized

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to investigate the performance of catalysts, in which 130 congeners of tetra- to

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octa-polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) vapors were

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studied under simulated flue gas with/without O3. TiO2 and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)

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supported vanadium oxides (VOX/TiO2-CNTs) modified with MnOX and CuOX,

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which were reported to be beneficial to the decomposition of model molecules, were

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found to have a negative effect on the removal of real PCDD/Fs in the simulated flue

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gas without O3. Moreover, the addition of MnOX presented different effects depending

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on whether CuOX existed in catalysts or not, which was also contrary to its effects on

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the degradation of model molecules. In an O3-containing atmosphere, low

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chlorination level PCDD/Fs congeners were removed well over VOX-MnOX/TiO2

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-CNTs, while high chlorination level PCDD/Fs congeners were removed well over

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VOX-CuOX/TiO2-CNTs. Fortunately, all PCDD/Fs congeners decomposed well over

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VOX-MnOX-CuOX/ TiO2-CNTs. Finally, the effects of tetra- to octa- chlorination level

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for the adsorption and degradation behaviors of PCDD/Fs congeners were also

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investigated.

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Keyword: Dioxins; congener; catalytic formation; catalytic decomposition; ozone;

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I. Introduction

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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), in brief

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dioxins or PCDD/Fs, are a group of stable, persistent, and highly toxic chlorinated

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organic compounds. These compounds share similar structure with three-ring

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polycyclic aromatics, in which the central ring contains one or two oxygen atoms and

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the external rings are substituted with chlorine atoms at various positions. According

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to the number and substitution sites of chlorine atoms, PCDDs and PCDFs have 75

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and 135 homologues, respectively, among which 2,3,7,8 -tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

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(2,3,7,8 -TeCDD) is the most toxic congener. Given that toxic PCDD/Fs are severely

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hazardous to the environment and public health,1 stringent laws and regulations have

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been established to control dioxin emissions. In China, for example, the latest

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standard for pollution control on municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI), released

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in July 2014, improved the dioxin emission limitation from 1.0 to 0.1 ng I-TEQ/Nm-3

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for newly-built incinerators and requested previously-built incinerators to meet the

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new limitation in January 2016.

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A variety of techniques have been developed for dioxin removal including

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adsorption, thermal combustion, and catalytic oxidation.2 Among them, catalytic

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oxidation is the most promising technology which can completely oxidize dioxins into

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CO2, H2O, and HCl (or Cl2)3 and thus development of proper catalysts remains as the

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research focus for many years.

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V2O5/TiO2 catalysts (VTi) commonly applied to control NOX emission were found

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to be effective in the decomposition of PCDD/Fs.4 However, the optimal active

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temperature of VTi, normally below 200 °C, was always higher than that of the flue

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gas where the catalyst reactors were installed. So, low-temperature active catalyst

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development has become a hot topic recently. MnOX had been reported to be among

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the most efficient transition metal oxide catalysts for catalytic destruction of

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pollutants.5,6 Utilization of MnOX and CuOX oxides as catalysts or as components of



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catalysts is an effective way to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and NOX

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at relatively low temperatures.7-10

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were recently regarded as important catalytic supports

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due to their unique electronic transportation properties and facile flowing bond.11,12 In

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fact, CNTs are superior adsorbents for dioxins and aromatics.13,14 The dominant

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aromatic adsorption mechanism on CNTs studied by experiments and simulations15-17

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indicates that aromatic rings are adsorbed parallel to the surface of CNTs by π-π

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interaction between the benzene ring and the CNTs, which benefited the VOCs

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catalytic decomposition.13-20

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Applying ozone in the catalytic reactions was reported to be able to lower the

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reaction temperature and activation energy for VOCs (benzene, cyclohexane, and

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toluene) oxidation over various transition metal oxides,21-23 such as MnOX, NiOX,

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CoOX, FeOX, and CuOX.24-27 A previous study pointed out that ozone decomposition

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on catalysts played an important role in VOCs oxidation process.28 When O3

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decomposed on the catalyst surface, new active oxygen species, such as O* (* denotes

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active sites on the catalyst), superoxide (O-), and peroxide (O22-) formed,29-31 which

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could promote VOCs oxidation;32,33 on the other hand, ozone supplied strong

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oxidation groups which would accelerate the conversion rate from V4+Ox to V5+Ox,

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thus improved the activity of the catalyst.34

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Due to the high cost and complexity of dioxins measurement, many researchers use

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the model molecules like chlorobenzene and furan to find a simple method to design

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catalysts.35,36 However, it is necessary to verify whether the catalyst designed using

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model molecules is applicable to decompose PCDD/Fs. Previous research has

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revealed that adding WO3 and MoO3 into V2O5/TiO2 catalyst can efficiently promote

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the decomposition of benzene and chlorobenzene, but has a negative effect on the

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oxidation of real dioxins in practice.37 In catalytic decomposition of PCDD/Fs over

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metal oxide catalysts,38-40 primarily 17 congeners of toxic dioxins were focused on,

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while the other congeners (as potentially toxic) were not carefully considered.


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In this paper, the decomposition and adsorption of 130 congeners of tetra- to octa-

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PCDD/Fs are investigated under conditions of simulated air with/without O3 over

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TiO2 and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) supported VOX, CuOX, and MnOX catalysts and

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their relative mechanism are discussed.

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II. Experimental Section

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Catalyst preparation and characterization. In this study, 4 kinds of TiO2 and

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CNTs supported catalysts, namely VOx/TiO2-CNTs (V/T-C), VOx-MnOx/TiO2-CNTs

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(VMn/T-C), VOx-CuOx/ TiO2-CNTs (VCu/T-C), and VOx-MnOx-CuOx/TiO2-CNTs

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(VMnCu/T-C), were prepared by combination of mechanical mixing, sol-gel and

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impregnation methods using tetrabutyl titanate, ammonium metavanadate, manganese

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acetate, and copper nitrate as the precursors. Details of the catalyst preparation

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process and characterization are provided in Supporting Information (Text S1-S2,

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Table S1 and Figure S1-S2). The results of the characterization suggested that all of

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the catalysts contained similar contents of VOX, TiO2, and CNTs, and had similar

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specific surface areas, which minimized the influence of these variables. We will

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focus on the effects of MnOX and CuOX addition on PCDD/Fs decomposition in the

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following discussion.

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Experimental setup. A laboratory-scale reaction setup was used to investigate the

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catalytic oxidation of gas phase PCDD/Fs, as shown in Figure 1. The reaction setup

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included three parts: A stable home-made dioxin generator which could continuously

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supply gas-phase PCDD/Fs; a catalytic reactor system including a quartz tube placed

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in a horizontal furnace with a temperature controller; and an offgas collection system

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with two toluene bottles in ice bath. The dioxins of the generator came from the stock

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solution, which was extracted from fly ash of a hazardous waste rotary kiln

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incinerator in China and the purification process was described in Ref. 38. The

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catalyst unit put in the reactor consisted of 5 aluminum plates (2.0 cm × 8.0 cm)

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uniformly coated with 2.0 g catalyst. The geometry of the reactor is shown in the

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previous study.41 During experiments, the stock solution was injected in the carrier



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gas (N2:O2 = 9:1, 1.0 L min-1), creating small droplets of stock solution easily to be

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carried on by the gas flow. The gas went through a preheater, in which the effect of

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solvent was eliminated as much as possible and the PCDD/Fs volatilize was made

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more uniform, and then mixed with the standard air (0.5 L min-1). The resulted gas

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with a flowrate of 1.5 L min-1 was introduced into the reactor immediately to react

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with the catalyst, the corresponding Gas Hourly Space Velocity (GHSV) was 45000

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h-1. When O3 was needed in the system, a laboratory O3 generator (CF-G-3)

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connected to the standard air line was opened and it produced 200 ppm O3 into the

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reactor. The concentration of the ozone was detected by an UV ozone detector

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(BEYOK ozone Inc., Zhejiang, China). Reaction time of each run was 1.0 h. After

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each run, the reactor was cleaned (flushing the reactor three times with toluene and

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blowing dry by blower), the cleaning fluid was mixed with the XAD-2 powder and

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the solution in the tail toluene bottles, the mixture and the used catalyst were then put

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into two Soxhlet extractors, respectively, for the further analysis.38 Finally fresh

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catalyst was loaded in the reactor for a new run.

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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of experimental setup.

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PCDD/Fs analysis. Pretreatment of PCDD/Fs was conducted according to the EPA

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method 1613 (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1994). All solvents

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(pesticide residue analysis grade) were purchased from Mallinckrodt Baker Inc., USA.

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All isotope standards were purchased from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories. The

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target compounds were all Tetra- to Octa-CDD/Fs (in principle, 136 congeners). The

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pretreated samples were analyzed by HRGC/HRMS consisting of a 6890 Series gas


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chromatograph (Agilent, USA) and coupled to a JMS-800D mass spectrometer (JEOL,

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Japan). A DB-5 ms capillary column (60 m × 0.25 mm inside diameter, 0.25µm film

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thickness) was used to separate the congeners of PCDD/Fs. The temperature program

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and mass spectrometer were operated as described in Ref. 42. Toxic equivalents were

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calculated by using the international toxicity equivalency factor (I-TEF).

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III. Results and Discussion

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Initial concentration of PCDD/Fs. The concentrations of 136 PCDD/F congeners

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at the outlet of the generating system, which were averaged from three repeated

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experiments, were determined as the initial PCDD/F concentrations of the catalytic

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reactor. The Relative Standard Deviation (RSD) values of 136 tetra- to octa- dioxin

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concentrations were used to evaluate the stability of the dioxin generator. As shown in

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Table S2, the RSD of 6 congeners (1469-TCDD, 1478-TCDD, 1236-TCDD,

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1269-TCDD, 1289-TCDD and 13479-TCDD) were higher than 30%, and were thus

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excluded to evaluate the catalyst performance in this study. Only 130 PCDD/F

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congeners were analyzed in this paper, among them, 40 RSD values were below 10%,

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83 RSD values were ranged from 10% to 20%, and 7 RSD values were ranged from

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20% to 30%. The sum inlet concentrations of PCDDs and PCDFs were 132.4 ng Nm-3

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and 514.3 ng Nm-3, respectively. I-TEQ value of the dioxin vapor was 7.9 ng I-TEQ

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Nm-3. Considering the initial concentrations of these 130 congeners were trace level,

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the dioxin generator used in this study was very stable. However, the study for 130

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congeners one by one was not recommended because the analysis could be really

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complex, in this study, 130 tetra- to octa-polychlorinated PCDD and PCDF congeners

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were classified to 10 groups based on chlorination level for simplification, the

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relevant data is shown in Table 1.

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Table 1. Inlet concentrations of PCDD/F isomers. Isomer

Average concentration (ng/Nm3)

RSD (%)

T4CDD

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P5CDD

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H6CDD

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10.5

H7CDD

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O8CDD

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T4CDF

240.2

14.6

P5CDF

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H6CDF

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8.3

H7CDF

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O8CDF

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5.3

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Catalytic activity in the simulated air atmosphere without O3. Between the

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V/T-C, VMn/T-C, VCu/T-C, and VMnCu/T-C catalysts, the efficiency of PCDD/F

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removal in the study was defined as “(concentration after reaction - inlet

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concentration)/inlet concentration*100%”. Compared to the inlet PCDD/Fs as shown

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in Figure 2, it could be found that the emission of PCDD/Fs (in offgas and on reactor)

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was reduced in each test at 220 °C. However, a considerable number of dioxins

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remained on the catalyst surface, resulting in an increase of total PCDD/Fs. After

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passing through V/T-C catalyst, the total concentration and toxicity (based on

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concentrations and I-TEQ) of PCDD/Fs increased 45% and 23%, respectively,

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indicating that V/T-C was active in removing model molecules,43 but not active in

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decomposing dioxins. Compared with V/T-C, the doping of MnOX in VMn/T-C still

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induced a slight increase of PCDD/Fs, which was also contrary to the effect of

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manganese oxide on the removal of model molecules.44 Over VCu/T-C in the

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presence of CuOX, a large number of PCDD/Fs were synthesized with the

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concentration and toxicity increasing as high as 263% and 295%, respectively. It was

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interesting to find that the addition of MnOX in the VCu/T-C catalyst would efficiently

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reduce the activity of VCu/T-C to generate PCDD/Fs. PCDD/Fs concentration and

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toxicity after reaction increased 237% and 245% over VMnCu/T-C, respectively, this

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could be ascribed to the decrease of surface CuOX concentration by MnOX, thus

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reducing the opportunity of PCDD/Fs synthesis catalyzed by CuOX. Figure 2 also


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showed that most of the PCDD/Fs were adsorbed on the VCu/T-C and VMnCu/T-C,

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while on the V/T-C and VMn/T-C, most of them were flushed into the offgas and

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adsorbed on the reactor, indicating the excellent adsorption of the formed PCDD/Fs

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on these two Cu-containing catalysts. The investigation of the effect of chlorination

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degree of dioxins on the catalytic activity was shown in Figure S3. It was found that

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over all these catalysts the synthesis efficiencies of the congeners would initially

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increase and then decrease with the increasing of the chlorination levels. In most cases,

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HpCDD/Fs were the easiest congeners to be synthesized (the exceptions were the

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PCDFs on the V/T-C and VMn/T-C catalysts). A general conclusion was that the

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congeners with higher chlorinated levels were easier to be synthesized, but OCDD/Fs

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were not the easiest congeners to be synthesized as a supply of additional chlorine

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atoms was necessary.

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Figure 2. The formation efficiencies of PCDD/Fs over this series of catalysts at 220 °C.

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The temperature effect on the catalytic reaction over VMn/T-C as shown in Figure

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3 was also investigated and PCDD/Fs synthesis was found at each reaction

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temperature. Even at temperatures as low as 120 °C, the total concentration and

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I-TEQ of PCDD/Fs increased about 52.2% and 27.3%, respectively. The optimal

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temperature for PCDD/Fs synthesis was obtained at 170 °C, which was lower than the

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reported critical PCDD/Fs synthesis temperature in waste incineration (200-400 °C),



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further indicating that VMn/T-C, which was reported to be a good catalyst for model

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molecules destruction, might facilitate the synthesis of PCDD/Fs.

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Figure 3. The formation efficiencies of PCDD/Fs on VMn/T-C catalyst at different

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temperatures.

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Considering that TiO2 supported V2O5 was reported to efficiently reduce the

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emission of real dioxins with a remarkable efficiency of >90% at 200 °C,37 the

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synthesis of PCDD/Fs on V/T-C might mainly be attributed to the existence of CNTs.

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In the study of the emission reduction using model molecules, the adsorption capacity

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of CNTs was beneficial to both the direct reduction of emission caused by the

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stagnation of contaminants on the surface of CNTs, and the decomposition reaction,

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because CNTs prolonged the residence time of model molecules on the catalyst

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surface thus prolonged the reaction time to destroy them. For example, the addition of

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CNTs into titania-supported manganese oxide was reported to enhance the

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performance in chlorobenzene catalytic oxidation.45 The PCDD/Fs emission is a

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dynamic balance of its synthesis and destruction, in this study, the synthesis rate

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surpassed the destruction rate. Although CNTs would promote the PCDD/Fs

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destructions, they promoted the PCDD/Fs synthesis as follows:

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(i) CNTs themselves were a carbon source for PCDD/Fs. Previous studies indicated

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that dioxins could be synthesized from macromolecular carbon matrix (so called

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residual carbon) via the de novo process in the presence of organic or inorganic


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chlorine.46

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(ii) The absorptivity of CNTs was also beneficial to PCDD/Fs synthesis. In this study,

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in addition to a variety of dioxins congeners, there were many kinds of polycyclic

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aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the PCDD/Fs stock solution, such as anthracene,

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pyrene, 2-phenylnaphthalene and so on (shown in Figure S4). Intermediate products

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like polychlorinated phenol (PCPh) and polychlorinated benzene (PCBz) could be

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produced during the catalytic reaction. All of them could serve as the precursors for

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PCDD/Fs synthesis via catalytic condensation reactions,47,48 which was defined as

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precursors synthesis pathway. In this pathway, some researchers had proposed that

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PCDD/Fs

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Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) mechanism,49-51 meaning that the adsorption of

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precursors on the catalyst surface was a crucial step. Therefore, the role of CNTs

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adsorption capacity in the catalytic reaction system was not only to prolong the

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reaction time for the destruction of PCDD/Fs, but also to provide more opportunities

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for PCDD/Fs precursor synthesis.

were

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Eley-Rideal

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mechanism

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The catalytic activity with O3. As the catalysts prepared in this study would

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enhance the synthesis of the PCDD/Fs, rather than decomposition, ozone was added

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in the reaction system to try to promote PCDD/Fs decomposition. For convenience, in

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this part, the PCDD/Fs decomposition efficiency, adsorption efficiency, and removal

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efficiency, referred as ‘‘DE’’, ‘‘AE’’ and ‘‘RE’’, respectively, were defined based on

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the international toxic equivalent quantity (I-TEQ) of 17 toxic dioxin congeners and

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also the concentrations of 130 dioxin congeners.

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DE (%) = (PCDD/Fs inlet – PCDD/Fs off gas – PCDD/Fs on catalyst) ÷ PCDD/Fs inlet

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AE (%) = (PCDD/Fs on catalyst) ÷ PCDDF/s inlet

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RE (%) = (PCDD/Fs inlet – PCDD/Fs off gas) ÷ PCDD/Fs inlet

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Effects of MnOX and CuOX on the PCDD/Fs decomposition with O3. The

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overall analysis of DE and AE values at 220 °C were shown in Figure 4. The

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calculations based on the I-TEQ of 17 toxic dioxins and the concentrations of 130



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dioxin congeners also brought different DE and AE values on same catalysts.

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Fortunately, the trends of data were similar among different experimental conditions.

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The DE values were negative over V/T-C and VMn/T-C, indicating the synthesis of

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PCDD/Fs. For V/T-C, the DE was -46% based on the concentration, that is, the

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synthesis efficiency was 46%, which was very similar to that shown in Section 3.3,

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indicating that O3 addition almost showed no influence on the decomposition of

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PCDD/Fs at 220 °C. While for VMn/T-C, the synthesis of PCDD/Fs based on

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concentration decreased, showing the positive effect of the MnOX adding on

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PCDD/Fs decomposition, though it enhanced the synthesis of the toxic congeners,

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making the production more harmful to the environment based on I-TEQ. Over

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VCu/T-C and VMnCu/T-C, the DE values were positive, namely PCDD/Fs were

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decomposed. The AE over VCu/T-C were high, while over VMnCu/T-C, not only the

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AE values, but also the DE values were high, achieved 84% and 86%, respectively,

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based on their concentrations and I-TEQ. In summary, the co-adding of MnOX and

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CuOX in the V/T-C catalyst showed the best performance in PCDD/Fs degradation

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with O3. From literature, copper (CuOx or CuCl2) was always regarded as the most

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effective catalyst for PCDD/Fs synthesis,52 we have also demonstrated that adding of

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CuOX in the catalyst enhanced the PCDD/Fs synthesis. However, when O3 was

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introduced into the reaction system, CuOX component promoted the PCDD/Fs

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decomposition at 220 °C.


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Figure 4. Overall DE, AE for the different experimental conditions based on concentrations of 130 dioxins congeners and I-TEQ of 17 toxic dioxins congeners; ozone concentration = 200 ppm, GHSV = 45000 h-1 .

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The effect of temperature on PCDD/Fs catalytic decomposition over VMn/T-C with

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O3 was studied and shown in Figure 5. Though at 220 °C PCDD/Fs were synthesized,

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at 120 °C and 170 °C, the DE of PCDDF/s were all positive based on concentration

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and I-TEQ. In detail, PCDD/Fs were mainly decomposed (62% DE and 26% AE) at

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170 °C, while half of PCDD/Fs were adsorbed at 120 °C (46% and 40% based on

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concentrations).

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Figure 5. Overall DE, AE for the different experimental conditions based on concentrations of 130 dioxins congeners and concentrations of 17 toxic dioxin congeners over VMn/T-C, ozone concentration = 200 ppm, GHSV = 45000 h-1 .

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The rate of ozone decomposing on the transitional metal oxides (TMOs) was

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different. The difference may be attributed to the conductivity of the TMOs, p-type



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oxides were active while n-type oxides were not.28 during the ozone decomposition on

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TMOs, the oxygen atom (atom O) was regarded as one of the most important

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production.28 The strong oxidizing property of atom O promoted the decomposition of

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dioxins significately.53 However, the recombination of the atom O, which was

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regarded as a side reaction, was inevitable. When the O3 decomposed too fast, excess

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atomic oxygen in the system would accelerate its recombination, blocking dioxin

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oxidation to some extent. In this study, for V/T-C, both V2O5 and TiO2 were not active

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to activate ozone decomposition, thus little O was produced from the surface and the

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PCDD/Fs congeners could not be degraded. At the same time, the PCDD/Fs were

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synthesized inevitably through the way described previously, resulting in an increase

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of PCDD/Fs at the outlet of the reactor. For VMn/T-C, MnOX was an excellent

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ozone-decomposing catalyst, 28,33,52 even when the reaction temperature was as low as

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120 °C, it decomposed the ozone and produced atomic oxygen. The produced O

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suppressed PCDD/Fs emission through two ways. Firstly, O as a strong oxidant

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decomposed the PCDD/F molecules directly; secondly, it oxidized the precursors of

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the PCDD/Fs contained in the stock solution or produced from the degrading some

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PAHs, thus suppressing PCDD/Fs synthesis. With increasing temperature, more

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atomic oxygen was produced, the above two aspects became more prominent,

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explaining the high DE of PCDD/Fs at 170 °C. However, further increasing the

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temperature to 220 °C promoted the O3 decomposition and atomic oxygen

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recombination, which inhibited the PCDD/Fs oxidation. At this temperature, the

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unavoidable synthesis of dioxins occurred. As a result, PCDD/Fs concentration

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increased as shown in Figure 5.

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For VCu/T-C, CuOX showed the worst activity for O3 decomposition. 28,53,54 The

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oxygen atoms were produced at a relatively slow rate, so the catalyst system could

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only degrade PCDD/F congeners at high temperatures. When MnOX and CuOX were

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combined in VMnCu/T-C, CuOX could restrain the over-quick O3 decomposition on

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the MnOX surface, so the cooperation of CuOX and MnOX extended the lifetime of


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free oxygen atoms produced from O3. Even at 220 °C, sufficient atomic oxygen was

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still on the catalyst surface, which efficiently improved the overall activity of the

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catalyst by inhibiting the PCDD/Fs synthesis and accelerating their destruction.

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Actually, our previous study found that O3 enhanced the chlorobenzene

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decomposition at high temperature of 300 °C over CuOX/CNTs.55 Similar phenomena

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was also reported that the optimal temperature for chlorobenzene decomposition on

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manganese oxide was lower than that on iron oxide in the presence of ozone, as ozone

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decomposed faster on manganese oxide than on iron oxide.53,56

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Based on the above results and discussion, it could be concluded that the worst

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scenarios for dioxin degradations was on the VCu/T-C catalyst without the ozone at

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220 oC. Under this condition, a lot of dioxins were formed rather than degraded.

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While on the VMnCu/T-C catalyst with ozone at 220 oC, the dioxins were degraded

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with highest efficiencies as the lifetime of the oxygen atom produced from the ozone

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decomposition was extended effectively, it was the most promising scenarios for the

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degradation of the dioxins.

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Effects of the chlorination level. The effects of the chlorination level on PCDD/F

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catalytic oxidation were very complex. Generally, the different chlorination level of

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PCDD/Fs influenced both their adsorptions and reactions on the catalyst surface.57

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With the chlorination increasing, the molecular weights of PCDD/F congeners

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increased, and their volatilities decreased, leading to their good absorptivity.40,58 At

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the same time, their redox potential increased, which made the high chlorinated

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congeners more difficult to be degraded.40,58 Moreover, the absorptivity of the

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congeners deeply influenced their reaction with the catalyst, as the congeners

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adsorption on the catalyst surface was the prerequisite of their reaction with catalyst.36

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Good absorptivity of the congener always implied a longer retention time on the

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catalyst, making it easier to be decomposed. In this study, the DE, AE, and RE values

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of PCDD/F isomers with tetra- to octa- chlorination on different catalysts were sorted

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out in Figure 6 to study their effects in detail. Over V/T-C at 220 °C as shown in



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Figure 6a, AE values increased with chlorination level increasing evidently, which

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could be attributed to the low volatility of high chlorination congeners. All the DE of

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PCDD/F isomers from tetra- to octa-chlorination were negative, indicating the

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synthesis of PCDD/Fs instead of destruction. With the increasing of the chlorination,

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PCDD/Fs formation promoted, for example, DE of T4CDD, H7CDD, O8CDD were

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-34%, -71% and -68%, respectively. The increasing of synthesis efficiencies with

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chlorination level up to H7CDD/Fs indicated that high chlorination level congeners

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were easy to be synthesized. The cause might be the stable chemical properties of the

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high chlorinated congeners.59 A slight decrease of O8CDD/Fs synthesis compared to

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H7CDD/Fs was observed, possibly because of the insufficient Cl supply. It was

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evident that high AE values were the major factor which made the RE values, i.e.,

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sum of the AE and DE values, positive and show the increasing tendency with the

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chlorination increasing.

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On VMn/T-C at 220 °C as shown in Figure 6b, the DE values of the congeners

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were also negative with similar trend on V/T-C. But the PCDD/Fs synthesis was

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suppressed slightly; in fact, the DE of TCDD was 1% (positive), indicating a

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degradation but not synthesis. The activity of VMn/T-C for degrading dioxins

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emerged, though it was weak. The weak activity of the catalytic surface led to the

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result that the AE decreased abnormally with chlorination increasing. As indicated in

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the previous analysis, the oxygen atom produced from the ozone decomposition on

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VMn/T-C catalyst at 220 °C recombined very quickly, suggesting the relative low

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activity of the catalytic surface. As was known, to break the phenyl ring was much

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harder than to break the C-Cl bond.60 So the low activity of the VMn/T-C surface may

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be not efficient to prevent the formation of dioxins from PAHs or precursors

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condensation, but active to degrade the formed PCDD/F congeners with higher

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chlorination to those with lower chlorination.61 Thus more low chlorinated congeners

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were adsorbed on the catalyst surface. The decreasing trendies of the DE and AE

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values with the chlorination increasing made the decreasing trendies of the RE values.


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Over the same catalyst of VMn/T-C, when the reaction temperature decreased to

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170 °C and 120 °C as shown in Figure 6c and Figure 6d, respectively, almost all the

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DE values were positive, and they decreased as the chlorination level increased,

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indicating the harder decomposition of highly chlorinated PCDD/F congeners.

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Normally, the congeners with higher chlorination were stable in chemical properties,59

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though their lower vapor pressure could benefit their adsorption on the catalyst, if

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they could not be decomposed efficiently, they were ready to be adsorbed on the

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catalyst surface, which covered the active sites, leading to the activity decline of the

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catalyst.57 In addition, as mentioned previously, the PCDD/Fs at higher chlorination

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level were easier to be formed, which would also contribute to the decreasing of their

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DE values. This was in good agreement with the results shown in Figure 6a. The AE

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values were almost unchanged in Figure 6c and Figure 6d, which were different from

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those shown in Figure 6b, the possible reason was that the lower chlorination

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congeners adsorbing on the catalyst surface were degraded as the activity of the

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catalytic surface was enhanced by the longer lifetime oxygen atom. The RE values of

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PCDD/F congeners shown in Figure 6 (c), and (d) decreased with the chlorination

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increasing, mainly because of the DE values decreasing, suggesting that the VMn/T-C

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catalyst was not active enough and was only effective to remove low chlorinated

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PCDD/F congeners.

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Over VCu/T-C at 220 °C as shown in Figure 6e, 9 kinds of the congeners were

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degraded (except O8CDF), though the efficiencies were not high. The trends of DE

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and AE were generally opposite, that is, when DE decreased, the AE increased, and

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vice versa. The trends indicated that the adsorption of the dioxins on the catalyst was

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the prerequisite for their degradation.38 Considering the adsorption of ozone on the

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catalyst,53 it could be speculated that the dioxins were degraded on the VCu/T-C

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catalyst with ozone via the L-H mechanism, which involves the reaction of the

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adsorbed surface species.62 It was interesting that over VCu/T-C, with the increase of

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chlorination level, the DE values of congeners did not drop so obviously as that over



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VMn/T-C with the chlorination increasing, showing its better activity to decompose

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the high chlorinated level congeners. The possible reason was that, (1) as pointed

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previously, the lifetime of the produced O extended, making the activity of the surface

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stronger; (2) CuOX rapidly removed the adsorbed inorganic chlorine species, or

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dissociative Cl produced from the catalytic process on the surface or active sites of the

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catalyst via the synthesis and re-oxidization of Cl-containing intermediate,63

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suppressing the synthesis of PCDD/Fs, especially the PCDD/Fs with higher

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chlorination level which needed more Cl and made the decomposition more

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prominent.

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Over VMnCu/T-C at 220 °C as shown in Figure 6f, the trend of AE and DE values

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was similar with that shown in Figure 6e, indicating the degradation of dioxins on this

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catalyst with ozone also followed the L-H mechanism. The main difference was that

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all of the 10 kinds of congeners were degraded with high efficiencies on VMnCu/T-C

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catalyst. VMnCu/T-C may combine the advantages of the VMn/T-C and VCu/T-C

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catalyst, that is, the lifetime of produced O from the ozone decomposition was

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prolonged with the joint action of MnOx and CuOx, the activity of catalytic surface

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was then enhanced enough to degrade all kinds of the dioxins, in defiance of their

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chlorination levels. It was also found that over VMnCu/T-C catalyst, only one of 130

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dioxin congeners (1267-TCDD), was synthesized at 220 °C (Figure S5), indicating

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that VMnCu/T-C efficiently decomposed almost all of the 130 PCDD/F congeners

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with the assistance of O3, and on which there was the lowest risk of PCDD/F

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formation.


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Figure 6. AE, DE and RE of 10 groups of PCDD/Fs based on concentrations of 130 dioxin congeners. (a) V/T-C at 220 °C, (b) VMn/T-C at 220 °C , (c) VMn/T-C at 170 °C, (d) VMn/T-C at 120 °C, (e) VCu/T-C at 220 °C, and (f) VMnCu/T-C at 220 °C, the ozone concentration = 200 ppm.

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This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.



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The detailed information of the preparation of the catalysts. The formulas of V/T-C,

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VMn/T-C, VCu/T-C and VMnCu/T-C catalysts. The characterization results of the

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prepared catalysts including the XRD, SEM, XPS and BET. The table of 136 tetra- to

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octa- PCDD/F congener concentrations and the RSD data. The Figure showing the

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generation efficiencies of PCDD/Fs after catalytic reaction at 220 °C over the

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different catalysts. The Figure showing the result of GC-MS detection for the stock

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dioxin solution. The Figure showing the DE and RE values of 130 PCDD/F congeners

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in different reaction modes.

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Acknowledgements

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This work was supported by the Environmentally Sustainable Management of

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Medical Wastes in China (Contract No. C/V/S/10/251), the Zhejiang Provincial

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Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. Z4080070). The National Natural

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Science Foundation of China (51276162), the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science

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Foundation of China (R14E060001), the Doctoral Program of Higher Education

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(20130101110097) and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to University

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