The invention provides a monatomic
cobalt-based composite catalyst, a preparation method of the monatomic
cobalt-based composite catalyst and application of the monatomic
cobalt-based composite catalyst to degradation of
antibiotics by activating peroxymonosulfate, and belongs to the technical field of advanced oxidation. The method comprises the following steps: mixing
biomass powder and water to obtain a
biochar suspension, adding cobalt
nitrate hexahydrate into the
biochar suspension, centrifuging the
mixed solution, collecting residues, and
drying to obtain a sample; and pyrolyzing the sample in a protective gas
atmosphere, taking out, cooling, washing, and
drying to obtain the monatomic cobalt-based composite catalyst. The cobalt-based catalyst prepared by the invention has high specific surface area, abundant pore structures and a large number of active sites, and is beneficial to activation of PMS and degradation of pollutants; the cobalt-based composite catalyst prepared by the method is used for activating peroxymonosulfate to degrade
tetracycline, and the removal rate of
tetracycline in a solution is greater than 99% after reaction is carried out for 20 minutes under a dark condition.