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Chen W, Zhang H, Chen T, Yang L, Wu H, Tong Z, Mao N. TiO 2 modified orthocortical and paracortical cells having enhanced photocatalytic degradation and photoreduction properties. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:025714. [PMID: 32992295 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abbcab] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In this study, cortical cells resultant from wool fibers were loaded with TiO2 nanoparticles in a hydrothermal process and were then engineered as organic-nonorganic hybrid composite photocatalysts for both photodegradation of organic dyes and photoreduction of heavy metal ions. The microstructure and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 modified cortical cells (i.e. both orthocortical and paracortical cells) were systematically characterized using a series of analytical techniques including FESEM, TEM, element analysis, Mott-Schottky curve, BET specific surface area, Zeta potentials, as well as XRD, FTIR, XPS, DRS, PL, UPS, EDS and ESR spectra. Their photocatalytic performance and trapping experiments of the TiO2 modified cortical cells were measured in the photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dye and Congo Red (CR) dye as well as the photoreduction of Cr(VI) ions under visible light irradiation. It was found that anatase TiO2 nanoparticles were chemically grafted on the surface of the two cortical cells via O-Ti4+/O-Ti3+ bonds, and that TiO2 nanoparticles were formed inside the orthocortical cells in the hydrothermal process. The TiO2 modified orthocortical and paracortical cells possessed much higher photocatalytic efficiency than the commercially available TiO2 nanoparticle powder, Degussa P25, in the photodegradation of cationic MB dye and photoreduction of Cr(VI) ions, while their photocatalytic efficiency in the photodegradation of anionic CR dye is smaller because of their greater negative Zeta potentials and photogenerated holes as the main reactive radical species. In comparison with the TiO2 modified paracortical cells, the higher photocatalytic efficiency of the TiO2 modified orthocortical cells was demonstrated in the photodegradation of MB dye solution and this might be due to both the S-doped TiO2 nanoparticles infiltrated into the naturally hydrophilic orthocortical cells and the primary reactive radical species of photogenerated holes being trapped in the cells.
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- Wendou Chen
- Research Centre for Functional Textile Materials, School of Textile Science & Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product (Xi'an Polytechnic University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, People's Republic of China
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- Research Centre for Functional Textile Materials, School of Textile Science & Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product (Xi'an Polytechnic University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, People's Republic of China
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- Research Centre for Functional Textile Materials, School of Textile Science & Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product (Xi'an Polytechnic University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, People's Republic of China
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- Research Centre for Functional Textile Materials, School of Textile Science & Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product (Xi'an Polytechnic University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product (Xi'an Polytechnic University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, People's Republic of China
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- School of Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Fernández L, Gamallo M, González-Gómez MA, Vázquez-Vázquez C, Rivas J, Pintado M, Moreira MT. Insight into antibiotics removal: Exploring the photocatalytic performance of a Fe 3O 4/ZnO nanocomposite in a novel magnetic sequential batch reactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 237:595-608. [PMID: 30826641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The purpose of this research was the preparation and photocatalytic evaluation of a novel nanocomposite (NC) based on Fe3O4/ZnO, to eliminate four persistent antibiotics in surface waters: sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, erythromycin and roxithromycin. Prior to the operation of the photocatalytic reactor, the influence of pH (3-9), catalyst concentration (50-800 mg L-1), oxidant dose (0-100 mg L-1) and concentration of different targets (10-100 μg L-1) on the catalytic efficiency was evaluated. The analysis of reaction kinetics showed that degradation processes of the four antibiotics followed a pseudo-first-order kinetic model. Antibiotics adsorption onto the nanocomposite surface depended on their electrostatic nature and played an important role when decreasing the initial concentration of antibiotics. In this context, kinetic rates were higher at lower initial levels of organic pollutants, which is a favourable effect from a practical application perspective. On the other hand, a synergistic effect of the available Fe in the nanocomposite was found, contributing to the oxidation of antibiotics by photo-Fenton as a secondary reaction. Then, a magnetic photocatalytic reactor was operated under optimal conditions. The enhanced photonic efficiency of Fe3O4/ZnO in the system, as well as the ease of the magnetic separation and catalyst reusability, indicate the viability of this reactor configuration.
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- L Fernández
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Laboratory of Magnetism and Nanotechnology, Institute of Technological Research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Laboratory of Magnetism and Nanotechnology, Institute of Technological Research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Laboratory of Magnetism and Nanotechnology, Institute of Technological Research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4202-401, Porto, Portugal
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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