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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28852-8
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Adsorption; Heterogeneous; Kinetics; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Tetracycline
A nanocomposite photocatalyst consisting of titanium dioxide supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes was successfully prepared and used for the treatment of tetracycline-contaminated wastewater. The properties of the composite were optimized by varying the amount of titanium dioxide. The composite exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity and followed overall pseudo-second-order kinetics and Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
A nanocomposite photocatalyst consisting of titanium dioxide (TiO2) supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been successfully prepared and used for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with tetracycline (TC), a recalcitrant antibiotic pollutant. The TiO2/MCNT composites were prepared by a simple evaporation-drying method. The properties of MWCNT/TiO2 were optimized by dispersing different amounts of TiO2 onto MWCNT. The structural and optical characteristics of the nano-engineered photocatalyst composite were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. Photocatalytic degradation of TC was conducted in a quartz glass reactor. Different kinetic models were used to demonstrate the governing mechanisms. The findings revealed that the TiO2/MWCNT composite had enhanced photocatalytic activity (95% TC removal) compared to TiO2 (86% removal). The photocatalyst nanocomposite exhibited overall pseudo-second-order reaction kinetics and favored the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Although up to 95% degradation of TC was achieved, only 75% of it was mineralized as a result of the formation of stable refractory intermediates.
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