The invention discloses a bioelectricity-Fenton
system based on a
modified carbon nanotube cathode catalyst and a method for degrading organic pollutants by using the bioelectricity-Fenton
system, and belongs to the field of
environmental engineering and
wastewater treatment. The prepared
modified carbon nanotube cathode catalyst has more excellent two-
electron oxygen reduction activity and selectivity, and H2O2 can be efficiently produced under bioelectricity driving. A
modified carbon nanotube cathode catalyst is coated on an air
diffusion electrode with the loading capacity of 0.009-0.279 mg cm <-2 > to serve as a cathode, a carbon
brush with electroactive microorganisms stably attached to the surface serves as an
anode, a cathode chamber and an
anode chamber are separated through a
proton exchange membrane, the cathode chamber and the
anode chamber are connected through an external wire, a 200-1000
ohm resistor is externally connected, and the air
diffusion electrode is formed. The anolyte is a
nutrient solution suitable for microbial growth, and the catholyte is organic
wastewater to be treated. During
wastewater treatment, the cathode and the anode are short-circuited by using a lead, and the pH of the cathode wastewater is adjusted to be 1-3. The
system does not need
aeration, H2O2 is electrically synthesized in a self-driven mode, the accumulation amount reaches 103.14 mg L <-1 > after 2 h, the H2O2 and additional Fe < 2 + > form a biological electro-Fenton system, and complete degradation of 10 mg L <-1 > sulfamethazine can be achieved within 20 min. According to the invention, the problems of low H2O2 yield and low
pollutant treatment efficiency of a bioelectro-Fenton system are solved.