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Title: | Visible-light driven sonophotocatalytic removal of tetracycline using Ca-doped ZnO nanoparticles |
Author: | Bembibre, Alejandro Benamara, Majdi Mokhtar, Hjiri Gómez, Elvira Alamri, Hatem R. Dhahri, Ramzi Serrà i Ramos, Albert |
Keywords: | Fotocatàlisi Tetraciclines Descontaminació Photocatalysis Tetracyclines Decontamination |
Issue Date: | 27-Aug-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Highly efficient, long-term, eco-friendly catalysts for water decontamination technology are urgently needed to meet the prioritized objectives of green development and societies worldwide. Ca-doped ZnO were investigated as environmentally friendly sono-photocatalytic system under LED visible light irradiation to efficiently mineralize tetracycline-based antibiotics. The effects of pH, Ca doping, light, ultrasound, and pH on the mineralization of tetracycline by Ca-doped ZnO nanopowders and on the chemical, sono-, photo- and sono-photostability of Ca-doped ZnO nanopowders were systematically investigated. The ZnO-based catalyst with 2 at. % of Ca dopant exhibited the best sono-photocatalytic performance in mineralizing tetracyclines under visible LED light and ultrasound irradiation (i.e., 99% mineralization in 90 min), with excellent reusability and minimal sono-photocorrosion (i.e., 1% of catalyst dissolution in 180 min), which were even greater in the absence of organic pollutants and in the pH range of most natural waters. For Ca-doped ZnO nanopowders, the role of the generated reactive oxygen species under light and ultrasound stimulation and the mechanism of the mineralization of tetracycline were analyzed. In conclusion, the sono-photocatalytic mineralization of antibiotics synergizing visible LED light and weak ultrasound irradiation in the presence of Ca-doped ZnO nanopowders presents an outstanding start to developing highly efficient, long-term, eco-friendly catalysts for efficiently treating emerging organic pollutants. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132006 |
It is part of: | Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, vol. 427, p. 132006 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/180125 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132006 |
ISSN: | 1385-8947 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física) |
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