Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106842
Keywords
Triboelectric nanogenerator; External electric field; Photocatalysis; Tetracycline degradation; Environmental protection
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31971604]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province [2018GXNSFDA281050]
- Opening Project of National Enterprise Technology Center of Guangxi Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, Nanning, China [GXU-BFY-2020-029]
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This study proposes a method to enhance photocatalytic efficiency using wave energy, which can effectively remove antibiotics from water, with the characteristics of being environmentally friendly and low cost.
Using clean and random energy to solve the problem of antibiotic water pollution is an effective way to achieve sustainable development of the energy and environment. Wave energy in the aeration tank of aerobic biological technology is often ignored, resulting in serious energy waste. Metal-organic frameworks have been widely explored in the fields of energy utilization and environmental remediation. However, the photocatalytic efficiency is limited by the recombination of electrons and holes. In this work, a crowned triboelectric nanogenerator (C-TENG) was developed to enhance photocatalytic efficiency for degrading antibiotics. C-TENG converts wave energy in the aeration tank into electricity. An external electric field could be generated between two electrodes, which can promote the effective separation of photogenerated electrons and holes. Driven by the water wave with the acceleration of 5 m/s(2), the removal efficiency of tetracycline could reach 95.89% within 80 min. The presence of the external electric field could generate more superoxide radicals (center dot O-2(-)), hydroxyl radicals (center dot OH) and holes (h(+)), which plays an important role in improving photocatalytic efficiency. This work proposes an efficient, environmentally friendly and low-cost antibiotic degradation method, providing an effective way to purify the water.
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