Citation: Yunlong Sun, Wei Ding, Yanhao Wang, Zhening Zhang, Ruyun Wang, Yinghui Guo, Zhiyuan Gao, Haiyan Du, Dong Ma. New insight into manganese-enhanced abiotic degradation of microplastics: Processes and mechanisms[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(3): 109941. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109941 shu

New insight into manganese-enhanced abiotic degradation of microplastics: Processes and mechanisms

Yunlong Sun ^a ,
Wei Ding ^a ,
Yanhao Wang ^b ,
Zhening Zhang ^a ,
Ruyun Wang ^a ,
Yinghui Guo ^a ,
Zhiyuan Gao ^c ,
Haiyan Du ^a ,
Dong Ma ^{a, *,}

a.
College of Resource and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
b.
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
c.
Bathurst Advanced Agricultural Technology Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China

dma796@hotmail.com

Received Date: 28 November 2023
Revised Date: 28 March 2024
Accepted Date: 28 April 2024
Available Online: 29 April 2024

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Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging environmental pollutant and have penetrated the most remote and primitive areas. MPs degradation has received widespread attention. Manganese (Mn) is a highly reactive metal element in the environment, yet its contribution to MPs degradation remains unclear. Herein, we simulated the aging of polyethylene MPs with Mn(Ⅱ) under aqueous conditions at pH 5 and 8 for 720 days. Mn greatly promoted the MPs degradation, and the average particle sizes of polyethylene MPs were reduced from 9.2 µm to 5.9 µm after aging at pH 5 under light irradiation for 720 days. Plenty of oxygen-containing groups were generated on the MPs surfaces, and the carbonyl index remarkably increased, reaching four times that of the control without adding Mn. Mechanistically, the adsorbed Mn(Ⅱ) on the MPs surfaces were primarily oxidized to high-valence Mn(Ⅲ/Ⅳ) profited from the photoproduced radicals, followed by the MPs oxidation via Mn(Ⅲ/Ⅳ), which were reduced to regenerate Mn(Ⅱ), initiating a new redox cycling. During the degradation, dissolved organic matter was continuously released, mainly including bisphenol A and phthalic acid esters. Mn acts as a catalyst to accelerate the MPs degradation by redox cycling. Our results provide a new insight into the mechanisms of abiotic degradation of MPs in aqueous environments.
- Polyethylene,
- Microplastics,
- Manganese,
- Degradation,
- Carbonyl index
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