Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 924, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166533
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Dual Z-scheme heterojunction; TernaryBi(2)MoO(6)/GQDs/TiO2 photocatalyst; CIP photodegradation; Degradation pathway; Toxicity evaluation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51772003, 51472003, 51701001]
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Ternary Bi2MoO6/GQDs/TiO2 heterojunction photocatalysts were prepared and showed high efficiency in degrading antibiotics. The synthesized dual Z-scheme heterojunctions improved light capture ability and reduced the photogenerated electron-hole recombination rate, effectively addressing the challenges in photocatalyst use. Three environmentally friendly degradation pathways were proposed based on LC-MS results and toxicity evaluation.
There is a high demand for photocatalysts that can efficiently degrade antibiotics; however, there are challenges in technological development related to charge transfer and light capture ability. In this study, ternary Bi2MoO6/GQDs/TiO2 (denoted as BGT; GQDs refer to graphene quantum dots) heterojunction photocatalysts with high ciprofloxacin (CIP) photodegradation efficiency were successfully prepared. BGT with a 0.20 mL GQD dispersion solution (BGT-2) exhibited the highest CIP photodegradation efficiency (90.21 %). The rate constant of BGT-2 was 15.49 x 10(-3) min(-1), which was 4.01, 4.16, and 9.22 times higher than those of Bi2MoO6/TiO2 (3.86 x 10(-3) min(-1)), Bi2MoO6 (3.72 x 10(-3 )min(-1)), and TiO2 (1.68 x 10(-3 )min(-1)), respectively. The degradation efficiencies of amoxicillin and tetracycline hydrochloride were 78.98 % and 92.49 %, respectively. The effects of pH values, water sources, and inorganic anions on CIP degradation were systematically explored. In addition, three environmentally friendly degradation pathways were proposed based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) results and the toxicity evaluation of the various intermediates. Testing the optical and electrochemical properties of the catalysts showed that the synthesized dual Z-scheme heterojunctions can significantly improve the light capture ability and reduce the photogenerated electron-hole recombination rate, effectively addressing the challenges encountered with the use of photocatalysts. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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