Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 47, Pages 67843-67851Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15403-2
Keywords
Advanced oxidation process; Antibiotic; Degradation mechanism; Intermediate; Toxicity assessment; Quantitative structure-activity relationship
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41877364, 21707017]
- Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Projects [20200301012RQ]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2021M691204]
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This study efficiently eliminated chloramphenicol using CNTs/AG/ITO electrodes, achieving a maximum degradation efficiency of 88%. The electrocatalytic degradation pathway and mechanism were investigated, along with the toxicity of identified intermediates. It was confirmed that the degradation system had hybrid toxicity, highlighting the importance of pathway and toxicity assessment in the treatment of antibiotic wastewater.
The residual antibiotics in different environmental media pose a serious threat to human health and the ecosystem. The high-efficient elimination of antibiotics is one of the foremost works. In this study, chloramphenicol (CAP) was eliminated efficiently by electrocatalytic advanced oxidation process with carbon nanotubes/agarose/indium tin oxide (CNTs/AG/ITO) electrode. The influences of different experimental parameters on the degradation efficiency were systematically studied. Under the optimal conditions (4 V potential, 10 wt% CNTs dosage, and pH = 10), the maximum degradation efficiency of CAP (20 mg L-1) achieved 88% within 180 min. Besides, the electrocatalytic degradation pathway and mechanism for CAP were also investigated, center dot O-2(-) played a major role in the process of electrocatalytic degradation. Based on the QSAR (quantitative structure-activity relationship) model, the toxicities of CAP and identified intermediates were analyzed. Compared with the parent compound, the maximal chronic toxicity of intermediate ((E)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-1-ene-1,3-diol) for daphnid increased 197-fold. Besides, the hybrid toxicity of the degradation system was further confirmed via disk agar biocidal tests with Escherichia coli ATCC25922, which changed slightly during the degradation process. Based on the above results, it is worth noting that the degradation pathway and toxicity assessment should be paid more attention to the treatment of antibiotic wastewater.
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