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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages 24575-24589Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23832-w
Keywords
Hydrozincite-TiO2; Layered simple hydroxide (LSH); Copper; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Mefenamic acid
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In this study, nanocomposites based on hydrozincite-TiO2 and copper-doped HZ-xCu-TiO2 were successfully synthesized and tested for their adsorption and photocatalytic degradation efficiency of the pharmaceutical pollutant mefenamic acid. The HZ-0.25Cu-TiO2 nanocomposite showed excellent adsorption capacity and high photocatalytic efficiency.
Nanocomposites based on hydrozincite-TiO2 and copper-doped HZ-xCu-TiO2 (x = 0.1; 0.25; 0.35) were synthesized in a single step using the urea method. The samples were characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM/TEM, and DRS. The study of adsorption capacity and photocatalytic efficiency of these nanocomposites have been tested on a pharmaceutical pollutant, mefenamic acid (MFA). Kinetic study of removal of MFA indicates that this pollutant was adsorbed on the surface of the synthesized phases, according to Langmuir's model. Such adsorption proved to be well adapted in a kinetic pseudo-second-order model with capacity of 13.08 mg/g for HZ-0.25Cu-TiO2. Subsequently, the kinetics of photocatalytic degradation under UV-visible irradiation was studied according to several parameters, which allowed us to optimize our experimental conditions. The nanocomposite HZ-0.25Cu-TiO2 showed significant removal efficiency of MFA. Elimination rate reached 100% after 20 min under UV-vis irradiation, and 77% after 7 h under visible light irradiation. Repeatability tests have shown that this nanocomposite is extremely stable after six photocatalytic cycles. By-products of MFA were detected by LC/MS. These photoproducts was produced by three types of reactions of hydroxylation: cyclization and cleavage of the aromatic ring. MFA underwent complete mineralization after 22 h of irradiation in the presence of the HZ-0.25Cu-TiO2.
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