Preparation of CoMn Layered Double Metal Oxide and Its Performance in Activating Peroxymonosulfate to Degrade Bisphenol A

To address the technical challenges in bisphenol A (BPA) pollution control, this research introduced a novel synthetic approach combining co-precipitation with subsequent thermal treatment to engineer layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with a spinel-structured CoMn-LDO catalyst. Systematic material characterizations such as a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an X-ray diffractometer (XRD), a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were employed to analyze the structural and chemical properties of the synthesized CoMn-LDO calcined at 500 °C. The catalytic performance was evaluated under optimized conditions (35 °C, pH 7.0, 2.0 mM PMS, 0.3 g/L catalyst), and mechanistic studies were conducted to identify the dominant reactive oxygen species. The CoMn-LDO exhibited exceptional peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation performance, achieving 96.75% BPA degradation within 90 min and 58.22% TOC removal. The synergistic redox cycling between Co2+/Co3+ and Mn3+/Mn4+ promoted the generation of ·OH (72.3% contribution) and SO4·−. The catalyst demonstrated superior stability, maintaining 89% degradation efficiency after five cycles. These results provide theoretical and practical insights for developing high-efficiency persulfate-activating catalysts.