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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110744
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Direct dual Z-scheme heterostructure; Photocatalytic degradation; Fluorescence sensing; Wastewater
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Novel direct dual Z-scheme CN/SnO2/CoFe2O4 heterostructures were fabricated and employed for photocatalytic degradation and fluorescence detection. CSnCo-0.5 exhibited exceptional photocatalytic capability and high selectivity and sensitivity for the fluorescence sensing of Hg2+, DXR, and PNP.
Mimicking the natural photosynthesis process, novel direct dual Z-scheme CN/SnO2/CoFe2O4 heterostructures with different weight ratios (CN/SnO2:CoFe2O4 be 1:1, 2:1 and 1:2; namely CSnCo-1, CSnCo-0.5 and CSnCo-2, respectively) were successfully fabricated and employed for photocatalytic degradation of anthracycline drug, doxorubicin (DXR) and aromatic compound, p-nitrophenol (PNP) and fluorescence detection of heavy metal ion, Hg2+; DXR and PNP. CSnCo-0.5 displayed exceptional photocatalytic capability having pseudo first order rate constant values 5.60, 3.02, 1.23 and 1.38 times higher for DXR; and 4.2, 3.0, 1.18 and 1.12 times higher for PNP in comparison to CN, CSn-20, CSnCo-1 and CSnCo-2, respectively. UV-vis DRS study, photoluminescence spectra and electrochemical impedance results inveterate the formation of direct dual Z-scheme charge transfer, which is beneficial for boosting photocatalytic performance of the system. Additionally, CSnCo-0.5 proved to be highly selective and sensitive for the FL sensing of Hg2+, DXR and PNP with detection limits as low as 0.57 mu M, 0.05 mu M and 0.63 mu M, respectively. Further, sensor provided good analytical performance in real water samples.
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