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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 297-307Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.6238
Keywords
additives; detoxification; OTC; photocatalyst; pharmaceutical effluent
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- BK21 plus program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Ministry of Education of Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea (Nano-Material Fundamental Technology Development) [2016M3A7B4909370]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [22A20153913497] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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BACKGROUNDAntibiotics have been identified as significant pollutants owing to their adverse impact on the environment through the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In a previous study, an e-waste-based reduced graphene oxide-V2O5-platinum (RGOV-Pt(1%)) nanocomposite was prepared and subsequently used for the photocatalytic degradation of oxytetracycline (OTC), a tetracycline group of antibiotics. RESULTSThis study aimed to assess the impact of additives such as H2O2, NaCl, Na2CO3, ethanol and persulfate on the photocatalytic degradation of OTC using RGOV-Pt(1%) nanocomposite. The results showed that the degradation efficiency decreased in the presence of NaCl and Na2CO3 owing to the electron-hole scavenging property of their anions. Low concentrations of H2O2 (up to 10mmolL(-1)) increased the OTC degradation efficiency, whereas high concentrations decreased the OTC degradation owing to the quenching of hydroxyl radicals. However, the presence of persulfate increased the OTC degradation efficiency owing to the formation of hydroxyl radicals. Furthermore, the OTC degradation pathway was elucidated using high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS). The study was extended to real pharmaceutical effluent and the degradation efficiency was found to be less for real effluent (87%) in comparison with OTC (99%) in aqueous solution. CONCLUSIONRGOV-Pt(1%) photocatalyst effectively degraded OTC. An OTC degradation pathway was proposed based on the intermediates formed. The impact of additives was established. Effective real pharmaceutical effluent detoxification was observed. Thus the synthesized RGOV-Pt(1%) nanocomposite is a hopeful alternative for the removal of antibiotics in contaminated waters and sites. (c) 2019 Society of Chemical Industry
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