The underestimated environmental risk of tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate photodegradation in aqueous environment induced by polystyrene microplastics

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wu, Nannan

作者： Wu, Nannan;Yu, Haibin;Liu, Zhenzhen;Di, Shanshan;Zhao, Huiyu;Wang, Zhiwei;Wang, Xinquan;Qi, Peipei;Wu, Nannan;Wang, Zunyao

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关键词： Microplastics; Tris(2-choroethyl) phosphate; Promoting photodegradation; Interaction products; Toxicity evaluation

期刊名称：WATER RESEARCH （ 影响因子：12.4； 五年影响因子：12.9 ）

ISSN： 0043-1354

年卷期： 2025 年 273 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Tris(2-choroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) is commonly utilized as a flame retardant and plasticizer, which inevitably coexists with polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) in aquatic environments. In this work, the promoting effect of pristine and aged PS-MPs on the photodegradation of TCEP was observed, and the reaction mechanisms and environmental risks of PS-MPs enhancing TCEP photodegradation were clearly revealed. The aged PS-MPs presenting more significant enhancement was attributed to more generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The yield of center dot OH generated in the aged PS-MPs system was 21 times as high as that of pristine PS-MPs. Contributions of center dot OH, O2 center dot- and 1O2 to the degradation of TCEP induced by aged PS-MPs were 59.07 %, 34.98 % and 7.8 %, respectively. Possible degradation products of TCEP were identified, primarily formed through hydroxyl substitution, intramolecular cyclization and carboxylation. Density functional theory calculations demonstrated that center dot OH was more likely to attack the P atom of TCEP than the C atom. The low molecular derivatives containing oxygen group of PS-MPs reacted with center dot Cl/center dot OC2H4Cl released by TCEP to generate interaction products. Toxicity evaluation of interaction products suggested some interaction products were more toxic than TCEP, indicating that these interaction products contributed to the underestimation of transformation risk of TCEP and coexisting PS-MPs. This study provides a novel insight into the fate and the ecological risks associated with the combined contamination of MPs and coexisting plastic additives.

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