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Aguila-López J, Secundino-Sánchez O, Sánchez-Ramírez JF, Díaz-Reyes J, Vázquez-Cuchillo O, Mendoza-Álvarez JG. Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by electrospun TiO 2 nanofibres synthesised from two different titanium molecular precursors. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-34503-3. [PMID: 39075183 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34503-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
The evaluation of the photocatalytic properties of electrospun TiO2 nanofibres (TiO2-NFs) synthesised in the same experimental conditions using two distinct precursors, tetraisopropyl orthotitanate (TTIP) and tetrabutyl orthotitanate (TNBT), with morphology and crystalline structure controlled by annealing at 460 °C for 3 h is presented. The presence of circular-shaped TiO2-NFs was corroborated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). By using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the chemical binding energies and their interactions of the TiO2 with the different incorporated impurities were determined; the most intense photoelectronic transitions of Ti 2p3/2 (458.39 eV), O 1 s (529.65 eV) and C 1 s (284.51 eV) were detected for TTIP and slightly blue-shifted for TNBT. By using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), the chemical element percentages in TiO2 were determined. Using X-ray diffraction, it was found that the annealed electrospun TiO2-NFs presented the anatase crystalline phase and confirmed by Raman scattering. Bandgap energies were determined by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy at room temperature. The photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) herbicide under exposure to ultraviolet light was studied using the TiO2-NFs obtained with the two molecular precursors. The results showed that the catalyst, prepared with the TTIP precursor, turned out to be the one that presented the highest photocatalytic activity with a half-life time (t1/2) of 28 min and a degradation percentage of 93%. The total organic carbon (TOC) in the solutions resulting from the 2,4-D degradation by the TiO2-NFs was measured, which showed a TOC removal of 50.67% for the TTIP sample and 36.14% for the TNBT sample. Finally, by using FTIR spectroscopy, the final chemical compounds of the degradation were identified as H2O and CO2.
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- Josefina Aguila-López
- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2580, La Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Depto. de Física, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Ex-Hacienda de San Juan Molino, Km 1.5 de la Carretera Estatal Santa Inés Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, 90700, Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Ex-Hacienda de San Juan Molino, Km 1.5 de la Carretera Estatal Santa Inés Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, 90700, Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
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- Depto. Metal-Mecánicas, Tecnológico Nacional de México I. T. Puebla, Av. Tecnológico 420, Col. Maravillas, Puebla, 72220, Puebla, Mexico
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- Depto. de Física, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico
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Wang C, Wei B, Zhu H, He Y, Ran G, Song Q. Engineering FeS2 nanoparticles on tubular g-C3N4 for photo-Fenton treatment of paint wastewater. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Papazlatani CV, Kolovou M, Gkounou EE, Azis K, Mavriou Z, Testembasis S, Karaoglanidis GS, Ntougias S, Karpouzas DG. Isolation, characterization and industrial application of a Cladosporium herbarum fungal strain able to degrade the fungicide imazalil. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 301:119030. [PMID: 35189300 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Imazalil (IMZ) is an imidazole fungicide commonly used by fruit-packaging plants (FPPs) to control fungal infections during storage. Its application leads to the production of pesticide-contaminated wastewaters, which, according to the European Commission, need to be treated on site. Considering the lack of efficient treatment methods, biodepuration systems inoculated with tailored-made inocula specialized on the removal of such persistent fungicides appear as an appropriate solution. However, nothing is known about the biodegradation of IMZ. We aimed to isolate and characterize microorganisms able to degrade the recalcitrant fungicide IMZ and eventually to test their removal efficiency under near practical bioengineering conditions. Enrichment cultures from a soil receiving regular discharges of effluents from a FPP, led to the isolation of a Cladosporium herbarum strain, which showed no pathogenicity on fruits, a trait essential for its biotechnological exploitation in FPPs. The fungus was able to degrade up to 100 mg L-1 of IMZ. However, its degrading capacity and growth was reduced at increasing IMZ concentrations in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting the involvement of a detoxification rather than an energy-gain mechanism in the dissipation of IMZ. The isolate could tolerate and gradually degrade the fungicides fludioxonil (FLD) and thiabendazole (TBZ), also used in FPPs and expected to coincide alongside IMZ in FPP effluents. The capacity of the isolate to remove IMZ in a practical context was evaluated in a benchtop immobilized-cell bioreactor fed with artificial IMZ-contaminated wastewater (200 mg L-1). The fungal strain established in the reactor, completely dominated the fungal community and effectively removed >96% of IMZ. The bioreactor also supported a diverse bacterial community composed of Sphingomonadales, Burkholderiales and Pseudomonadales. Our study reports the isolation of the first IMZ-degrading microorganism with high efficiency to remove IMZ from agro-industrial effluents under bioengineering conditions.
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- Christina V Papazlatani
- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies, Vas. Sofias 12, 67132, Xanthi, Greece
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- Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies, Vas. Sofias 12, 67132, Xanthi, Greece
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agriculture, Plant Pathology Laboratory, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agriculture, Plant Pathology Laboratory, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies, Vas. Sofias 12, 67132, Xanthi, Greece
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- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece.
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Syafrudin M, Kristanti RA, Yuniarto A, Hadibarata T, Rhee J, Al-onazi WA, Algarni TS, Almarri AH, Al-Mohaimeed AM. Pesticides in Drinking Water-A Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18020468. [PMID: 33430077 PMCID: PMC7826868 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18020468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The ubiquitous problem of pesticide in aquatic environment are receiving worldwide concern as pesticide tends to accumulate in the body of the aquatic organism and sediment soil, posing health risks to the human. Many pesticide formulations had introduced due to the rapid growth in the global pesticide market result from the wide use of pesticides in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. The occurrence of pesticides in the water body is derived by the runoff from the agricultural field and industrial wastewater. Soluble pesticides were carried away by water molecules especially during the precipitation event by percolating downward into the soil layers and eventually reach surface waters and groundwater. Consequently, it degrades water quality and reduces the supply of clean water for potable water. Long-time exposure to the low concentration of pesticides had resulted in non-carcinogenic health risks. The conventional method of pesticide treatment processes encompasses coagulation-flocculation, adsorption, filtration and sedimentation, which rely on the phase transfer of pollutants. Those methods are often incurred with a relatively high operational cost and may cause secondary pollution such as sludge formation. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are recognized as clean technologies for the treatment of water containing recalcitrant and bio-refractory pollutants such as pesticides. It has been adopted as recent water purification technology because of the thermodynamic viability and broad spectrum of applicability. This work provides a comprehensive review for occurrence of pesticide in the drinking water and its possible treatment.
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- Muhammad Syafrudin
- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (M.S.); (J.R.)
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- Faculty of Military Engineering, Universitas Pertahanan, Bogor 16810, Indonesia;
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Planning and Geo-Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia;
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Malaysia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +60-85-630100 (ext. 2501)
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (M.S.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.A.A.-o.); (T.S.A.); (A.M.A.-M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.A.A.-o.); (T.S.A.); (A.M.A.-M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Alwajh, Tabuk University, Tabuk 1144, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.A.A.-o.); (T.S.A.); (A.M.A.-M.)
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Papazlatani CV, Karas PA, Tucat G, Karpouzas DG. Expanding the use of biobeds: Degradation and adsorption of pesticides contained in effluents from seed-coating, bulb disinfestation and fruit-packaging activities. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 248:109221. [PMID: 31310935 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Agro-food industries that use pesticides constitute significant point sources for the contamination of natural water resources. Despite that, little is known about the treatment of their pesticide-contaminated effluents. Biobeds could be a possible solution for the depuration of these effluents. In this context, we explored the degradation and adsorption of pesticides used in seed-coating (carboxin (CBX), metalaxyl-M (MET-M), fluxapyroxad (FLX), fludioxonil (FLD)), bulb-dipping (chlorothalonil (CHT), thiabendazole (TBZ), FLD) and fruit-packaging activities (FLD) in a biomixture, used as biobed packing material, and in soil. The degradation of pesticides was tested individually and in mixtures relevant to their industrial use, while FLD was also tested at different concentrations (10, 20, and 150 mg kg-1) representing its use in the different industries. CBX, FLD, and CHT, when applied individually, and all other pesticides when applied in mixtures, degraded more rapidly in biomixture than in soil. In most cases pesticides application in mixtures retarded their degradation. This was more pronounced in soil than in biomixture, especially for MET-M and FLD. CHT had the most prominent inhibitory effect on the degradation of TBZ and FLD. FLD degradation showed a dose-dependent pattern (DT50 42.4 days at 10 mg kg-1 and 107.6 days at 150 mg kg-1). All pesticides showed higher adsorption affinity in the biomixture (Kf = 3.23-123.3 g mL-1) compared to soil (Kf = 1.15-31.2 g mL-1). We provide initial evidence for the potential of the tested biomixture to remove pesticides contained in effluents produced by different agro-industrial activities. Tests in full-scale biobeds packed with this biomixture will unravel their full depuration potential for the treatment of these agro-industrial effluents.
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- Christina V Papazlatani
- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, Camino de la Carrindanga km 7, (8000), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece.
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Zhu Y, Fan W, Zhou T, Li X. Removal of chelated heavy metals from aqueous solution: A review of current methods and mechanisms. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 678:253-266. [PMID: 31075592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Water contamination with heavy metal ions and organic compounds such as citrate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, tartrate, pharmaceuticals, surfactants and natural organic matter, is a serious problem in the natural environment. Although many methods have been effectively applied to the removal of heavy metal complexes from aqueous solution, there is a lack of information available on the mechanisms, advantages and disadvantages of these various methods. This review summarizes the various treatment methods applied to the removal of heavy metal complexes, with a summary of the mechanisms of action and recent research progress. The methods reviewed in detail include electrolysis, membrane separation, adsorption, precipitation, replacement-coprecipitation, TiO2 photocatalysis and Fenton oxidation-precipitation, with the advantages and disadvantages of each method discussed. Furthermore, the heavy metal complex removal mechanisms are analyzed comprehensively. Results show that the adsorption method exhibited unique merits, showing much promise for future development. Finally, this review comprehensively analyzes future prospects and developments in methods for removal of chelated heavy metals.
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- Ying Zhu
- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, No. 37, XueYuan Road, HaiDian District, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, No. 37, XueYuan Road, HaiDian District, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, No. 37, XueYuan Road, HaiDian District, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, No. 37, XueYuan Road, HaiDian District, Beijing 100191, PR China
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