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Zulfiqar N, Nadeem R, Musaimi OAI. Photocatalytic Degradation of Antibiotics via Exploitation of a Magnetic Nanocomposite: A Green Nanotechnology Approach toward Drug-Contaminated Wastewater Reclamation. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:7986-8004. [PMID: 38405456 PMCID: PMC10882661 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c08116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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In the quest for eco-conscious innovations, this research was designed for the sustainable synthesis of magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles, using ferric chloride hexahydrate salt as a precursor and extract of Eucalyptus globulus leaves as both a reducing and capping agent, which are innovatively applied as a photocatalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics "ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin". Sugar cane bagasse biomass, sugar cane bagasse pyrolyzed biochar, and magnetite/sugar cane bagasse biochar nanocomposite were also synthesized via environmentally friendly organized approaches. The optimum conditions for the degradation of ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin were found to be pH 6 for ciprofloxacin and 5 for amoxicillin, dosage of the photocatalyst (0.12 g), concentration (100 mg/L), and irradiation time (240 min). The maximum efficiencies of percentage degradation for ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin were found to be (73.51%) > (63.73%) > (54.57%) and (74.07%) > (61.55%) > (50.66%) for magnetic nanocomposites, biochar, and magnetic nanoparticles, respectively. All catalysts demonstrated favorable performance; however, the "magnetite/SCB biochar" nanocomposite exhibited the most promising results among the various catalysts employed in the photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics. Kinetic studies for the degradation of antibiotics were also performed, and notably, the pseudo-first-order chemical reaction showed the best results for the degradation of antibiotics. Through a comprehensive and comparative analysis of three unique photocatalysts, this research identified optimal conditions for efficient treatment of drug-contaminated wastewater, thus amplifying the practical significance of the findings. The recycling of magnetic nanoparticles through magnetic separation, coupled with their functional modification for integration into composite materials, holds significant application potential in the degradation of antibiotics.
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- Noor Zulfiqar
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- School
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1
7RU, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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De AK, Kumar U, Jatav N, Sinha I. Cd-doped Ag 2O/BiVO 4 visible light Z-scheme photocatalyst for efficient ciprofloxacin degradation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:35639-35648. [PMID: 36545073 PMCID: PMC9745888 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07200a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Foreign element doping can produce new photocatalysts with different band edge positions and adsorption properties. A composite of such a doped semiconductor with another component should enhance its photocatalytic properties towards a target substrate. The present investigation used a simple hydrothermal protocol to prepare Cd-doped Ag2O nanoparticles. The Cd-doping of Ag2O nanoparticles changed its valence band maximum position from 0.8 eV (for undoped Ag2O nanoparticles) to 2.67 eV with a slight narrowing of the Ag2O bandgap. A combination of DFT calculation and XRD results showed that the dopant Cd substituted Ag in the Ag2O lattice. The doped material is an effective photocatalyst for ciprofloxacin degradation but with poor recyclability. The joining of a BiVO4 part to the Cd-doped Ag2O nanostructures gave a composite with improved photocatalytic activity and recyclability towards ciprofloxacin degradation. DFT calculations showed that BiVO4 has a higher oxygen affinity than Cd-doped Ag2O. The XPS characterization of the composite and appropriate active species scavenger experiments demonstrated a Z-scheme mechanism. Superoxide radicals play a critical role in CIP degradation.
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- Arup Kumar De
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 221005 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 221005 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 221005 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 221005 India
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Chen Y, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Li J, Yao T, Chen A, Xiang M, Li Q, Chen Z, Zhou Y. Plasmonic Bi promotes the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction for efficient oxygen molecule activation. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 302:134527. [PMID: 35490758 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential to photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics in water. In this work, we prepared Ag3PO4/Bi@Bi4Ti3O12 by simple in-situ reduction method and precipitation method, which improves the ability to capture visible light and increases the activity of photoinduced molecular oxygen activation, resulting in reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide radicals (•O2-), hydroxyl radicals (•OH), and H2O2. The excellent TC degradation efficiency derive from the SPR effect of the metal Bi on the surface enhances the light absorption intensity, and development of a Z-scheme heterojunction between Ag3PO4 and Bi4Ti3O12 promotes the activation of molecular oxygen. A possible photodegradation mechanism of the as-prepared photocatalyst was proposed. This work provides an insight perspective to the synthesis photocatalysts with molecular oxygen activation for environmental remediation.
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- Yongbo Chen
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
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Fabrication of Z-scheme Bi2WO6/CNT/TiO2 heterostructure with enhanced cephalexin photodegradation: Optimization and reaction mechanism. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Babu B, Koutavarapu R, Shim J, Kim J, Yoo K. Enhanced solar-light-driven photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of zinc tungsten oxide nanorods anchored on bismuth tungsten oxide nanoflakes. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 268:129346. [PMID: 33360940 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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At present, sustainable water supply and energy generation are the most important challenges faced by humankind globally. Thus, it is crucial to progress ecological techniques for sustainable removal of organic pollutants from wastewater and generation of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels. In this study, zinc tungsten oxide (ZnWO4) nanorods, bismuth tungsten oxide (Bi2WO6) nanoflakes, and Bi2WO6/ZnWO4 (BO-ZO) nanocomposites were prepared via a simple hydrothermal approach. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and electrochemical analyses were conducted to confirm the formation of the BO-ZO heterostructure. The structural and morphological analyses revealed that the ZnWO4 nanorods were moderately dispersed on the Bi2WO6 nanoflakes. The bandgap tuning of BO-ZO nanocomposite confirmed the establishment of the heterostructure with band bending properties. The BO-ZO nanocomposite could degrade 99.52% of methylene blue (MB) within 60 min upon solar-light illumination. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) measurement results showed that the BO-ZO nanocomposite showed low charge-transfer resistance and high photocurrent response with good stability. The BO-ZO photoanode showed a low charge-transfer resistance of 35.33 Ω and high photocurrent density of 0.1779 mA/cm2 in comparison with Ag/AgCl in a 0.1 M Na2SO3 electrolyte under solar-light illumination. The MB photocatalytic degradation and PEC water oxidation mechanisms of the nanocomposite were investigated.
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- Bathula Babu
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, Republic of Korea.
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Zhu B, Song D, Jia T, Sun W, Wang D, Wang L, Guo J, Jin L, Zhang L, Tao H. Effective Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin over Flower-like Fe 3O 4/Bi 2WO 6 Composites. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:1647-1656. [PMID: 33490824 PMCID: PMC7818623 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollution is a vital path to deal with environmental problems. Here, a direct Z-scheme 2D/2D heterojunction of a Fe3O4/Bi2WO6 photocatalyst is fabricated for the degradation of ciprofloxacin by a self-assembly strategy. Furthermore, to characterize the morphology of the obtained composite photocatalysts, various kinds of characterization methods were employed like XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM. It is indicated that the flower-like photocatalyst is composed of nanosheets. Comparable photocatalysts were prepared by controlling the hydrothermal temperature and the iron content. In the photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in water, under visible light irradiation, FB-180 (synthesized at 180 °C with 4% iron content) presents approximately 99.7% degradation efficiency in only 15 min. Meanwhile, during photocatalytic degradation reactions, the Fe3O4/Bi2WO6 heterojunction also displayed excellent stability, which still kept above 90% degradation efficiency after five consecutive cycles. UV-Vis DRS and M-S analyses showed that the Fe3O4/Bi2WO6 catalyst has a strong visible light absorption capacity and the transfer pathway of photo-induced charge carriers. PL, EIS, and TPR showed that Fe3O4/Bi2WO6 has an efficient separation and transfer rate of the photo-generated carriers. ESR analysis proved that the superoxide radical (•O2 -) and hydroxyl radical (•OH) play a major role in the Fe3O4/Bi2WO6 photocatalytic system. This special 2D/2D heterojunction we proposed may have huge potential for marine pollution treatment by photocatalysis degradation with dramatically boosted activities.
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- Baikang Zhu
- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
- United
National-Local Engineering Laboratory of Oil & Gas Storage and
Transportation Technology, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
- United
National-Local Engineering Laboratory of Oil & Gas Storage and
Transportation Technology, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- Zhejiang
Petroleum&Chemical Co., Ltd., Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316021, China
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- School
of Petrochemical Engineering & Environment, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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Huang Z, Li L, Li Z, Li H, Wu J. Synthesis of Novel Kaolin-Supported g-C 3N 4/CeO 2 Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Removal of Ciprofloxacin. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13173811. [PMID: 32872322 PMCID: PMC7503662 DOI: 10.3390/ma13173811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Herein, novel ternary kaolin/CeO2/g-C3N4 composite was prepared by sol-gel method followed by hydrothermal treatment. The self-assembled 3D “sandwich” structure consisting of kaolin, CeO2 and g-C3N4 nanosheets, was systematically characterized by appropriate techniques to assess its physicochemical properties. In the prerequisite of visible-light irradiation, the removal efficiency of ciprofloxacin (CIP) over the kaolin/CeO2/g-C3N4 composite was about 90% within 150 min, 2-folds higher than those of pristine CeO2 and g-C3N4. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was attributed to the improved photo-induced charge separation efficiency and the large specific surface area, which was determined by electrochemical measurements and N2 physisorption methods, respectively. The synergistic effect between the kaolin and CeO2/g-C3N4 heterostructure improved the photocatalytic performance of the final solid. The trapping and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments demonstrated that the hole (h+) and superoxide radicals (•O2−) played an important role in the photocatalytic process. The photocatalytic mechanism for CIP degradation was also proposed based on experimental results. The obtained results revealed that the kaolin/CeO2/g-C3N4 composite is a promising solid catalyst for environmental remediation.
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- Zhiquan Huang
- College of Geosciences and Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China; (Z.H.); (Z.L.); (H.L.); (J.W.)
- Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, Henan, China
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- College of Geosciences and Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China; (Z.H.); (Z.L.); (H.L.); (J.W.)
- Correspondence:
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- College of Geosciences and Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China; (Z.H.); (Z.L.); (H.L.); (J.W.)
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- College of Geosciences and Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China; (Z.H.); (Z.L.); (H.L.); (J.W.)
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- College of Geosciences and Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China; (Z.H.); (Z.L.); (H.L.); (J.W.)
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