Thermophilic MoNxOy nanozyme for highly efficient degradation of phenolic pollutants
Xiaomin Zhang, Peiqiang Lin, Yali Wu, Minfei Fan, Chunqiu Xia, Liangqia Guo · 2025
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Description
Xiaomin Zhang and five co-authors built a heat-loving artificial enzyme that destroys phenol pollutants, in a 2025 paper. Factories release phenol-laced water while it is still hot, and cooling it before cleanup wastes energy. Their nanozyme, a molybdenum compound, mimics two natural enzymes at once. Unusually, it works better as temperature climbs, staying active up to ninety degrees.
At sixty degrees it oxidized phenol about three times faster than at room temperature. Paired with hydrogen peroxide, it removed nearly all organic carbon in twenty minutes, turning phenol into carbon dioxide and water. It also broke down several related pollutants, including chlorinated and nitrated phenols. The team mapped the breakdown route and the chemistry behind it. They propose the material as an energy-saving way to treat hot industrial wastewater at the source.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiaomin Zhang, Peiqiang Lin, Yali Wu, Minfei Fan, Chunqiu Xia, Liangqia Guo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |