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T S, S R, A K, G B. Sustainable photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of antibiotics using Ag-CoFe 2O 4@TiO 2 heteronanostructures for eco-friendly wastewater remediation. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 362:142736. [PMID: 38950752 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
Abstract
Developing high-performance and durable catalysts presents a significant challenge for oxidizing toxic inorganic and pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater. Recently, there has been a surge in the development of new heterogeneous catalysts for degrading pharmaceutical compounds, driven by advancements in electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts. In this study, a plasmonic Ag nanoparticles decorated CoFe2O4@TiO2 heteronanostructures have been successfully designed to fabricate a high-performing photoelectrode for the oxidation of pharmaceutical compounds. The developed Ag-CoFe2O4@TiO2 possessed a higher electrochemical stability and effectively harvested the UV to visible and NIR radiation in sunlight which generates the enormous photochemical reactive species that involved in the oxidation of ibuprofen in wastewater. Under direct sunlight irradiation, Ag-CoFe2O4@TiO2 achieved complete oxidation of ibuprofen in wastewater at 0.8 V vs RHE. This indicates that metallic Ag nanoparticles are involved in the charge separation and transport of charge carriers from the photoactive sites of CoFe2O4@TiO2, promoting the generation of abundant hydroxy, oxy, and superoxide radicals that actively break the bonds of ibuprofen. Additionally, oxidation agents such as urea and H2O2 were utilized to enhance the formation of superoxide ions and hydroxyl radicals, which rapidly participate in the oxidation of ibuprofen. Significantly, testing for recyclability confirmed the stability of the Ag-CoFe2O4@TiO2 photoanode, ensuring its suitability for prolonged use in photoelectrochemical advanced oxidation processes. Integrating Ag-CoFe2O4@TiO2 photoanodes into water purification systems could enhance economic feasibility, reduce energy consumption, and improve efficiency.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sivaranjani T
- Department of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625009, India
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- Department of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625009, India.
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- Department of Physics & Nanotechnology, SRM University of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics & Nanotechnology, SRM University of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Xing Z, Wang Z, Chen W, Zhang M, Fu X, Gao Y. Degradation of levofloxacin in wastewater by photoelectric and ultrasonic synergy with TiO 2/g-C 3N 4@AC combined electrode. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 330:117168. [PMID: 36603258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A novel particle combined electrode named TiO2/g-C3N4@AC (TGCN-AC) was prepared by loading TiO2 and g-C3N4 on activated carbon through gel method, which was used to degrade levofloxacin (LEF) in pharmaceutical wastewater by photoelectric process. The remarkable physicochemical features of particle electrodes were verified by using diverse characterization techniques including SEM-EDS, XRD, FT-IR, BET and pHZPC. EIS-CV and photocurrent showed excellent electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis performance of particle electrodes. The photocatalytic characteristics and fluorescence properties of the particle electrode were proved by UV-vis DRS and PL spectra measurements. Combined with Tauc's plot and Mott-Schottky plots curves, the ECB and EVB of particle electrodes were determined. The experiments on different influence factors such as pH, ultrasonic, aeration, current density and the concentration of LEF were carried out in the photoelectric reactor. Under the conditions of pH values 3.0, 200 W ultrasonic, 8 L/min aeration, the mass ratio of g-C3N4 and TiO2 is 8%, after 4.0 h of photoelectric process, about 94.76% of LEF (20 mg/L) in water was degraded. TGCN-AC also has excellent reusability. The degradation rate of LEF can still reach 71.17% after repeated use for 6 times. Scavenger studies showed that h+ and O2- were the main active species. By observing the colony size of E. coli, it was proved that the LEF in the effluent had no antibacterial activity. The degradation pathways of LEF was analyzed and drawn by HPLC-MS spectra.
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- Zihao Xing
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of E-waste Recycling, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, PR China.
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Mehrabanpour N, Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh A, Ghattavi S. Cefotaxime degradation by the coupled binary CdS-PbS: characterization and the photocatalytic process kinetics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:33725-33736. [PMID: 36495433 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24613-1] [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: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Increased water pollution due to discharging industrial/urban/hospital wastewater has been adopted to introduce/develop novel removal techniques/catalyst/adsorbent. The hexagonal (wurtzite) CdS and the cubic PbS nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized, coupled, and supported onto clinoptilolite NPs (CNP). Then, the sample was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (SEM-EDX) techniques. The average crystallite size for CdS NPs, PbS NPs, CNP, and CdS-PbS/CNP samples was obtained at about 24, 36, 27, and 14 nm using the Scherrer formula value of nanometer, by the W-H formula, 31, 17, 39, and 51, respectively. Only a detectable slope can be observed from the DRS spectra for CdS NPs at 591 nm corresponding to an Eg value of 2.1 eV. PbS NPs have a broad abruption peak that begins from the visible region and extends to the IR region of the light. A boosted photocatalytic activity of the supported binary catalysts towards cefotaxime (CT) was reached. An apparent first kinetic model was reached with a k-value of 0.021 min-1 corresponding to the t1/2 value of 33 min. A decreased COD trend for the photodegraded CT solutions was reached, and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) results in the Hinshelwood model showed a k-value of 0.016 min-1, corresponding to a t1/2 value of 43 min.
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- Najme Mehrabanpour
- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P. O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P. O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Mehrabanpour N, Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh A, Ghattavi S. The boosted photocatalytic effects of a zeolite supported CdS towards an antibiotic model pollutant: a brief kinetics study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:5089-5102. [PMID: 35978238 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22557-0] [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: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In recent decades, increased world population and industrial activities explosively polluted our environment, especially the aquatic resources. This requires introducing/developing novel methods to decrease the pollution extent of such resources. Here, the hexagonal (wurtzite) CdS nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized and supported onto ball-mill prepared clinoptilolite NPs (CNP). Samples were briefly characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (SEM-EDX), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) techniques. The average crystallite size for CdS NPs and CdS-CNP samples was estimated to be about 9.0 nm and 12.3 nm (from the Scherrer formula) and about 19.7 and 17.5 nm (from the Williamson-Hall model), respectively. From the DRS spectra, the absorption wavelengths of 595 and 546 nm correspond to band gap energies of 2.08, and 2.27 eV was obtained for CdS NPs and CdS-CNP samples. The samples were then used in the photodegradation of cefotaxime (CT), and the results showed a boosted photocatalytic activity for CdS-CNP rather than CdS NPs. The photodegradation process obeyed the pseudo-first-order kinetic model, and the CdS and CdS-CNP catalysts obtained the k-values of 0.013 min-1 and 0.023 min-1. When the photodegraded CT solutions were used in COD experiments, the k-values changed to 0.011 min-1 and 0.029 min-1, respectively. The zeolite support is an eco-friendly natural zeolite with abundant deposits in Iran that yields a cost-effective method.
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- Najme Mehrabanpour
- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Sathishkumar M, Dhanalakshmi T, Natheer SE, Balamurugan A, Kannan S. Fabrication of novel SrMoSe2 photocatalysts for enhanced oxytetracycline degradation. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Zhang C, Xin S, Wang X, Huo S, Lu J, Ma B, Ma X, Liu W, Gao M, Xie H. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of m-chloronitrobenzene through rGO/g-C3N4/TiO2 nanotube arrays photoelectrode under visible light: Performance, DFT calculation and mechanism. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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