Research progress on the degradation of antibiotics by ferrite activated peroxymonosulfate
The research progress of spinel-type ferrite activated peroxymonosulfate(PMS)for the degradation of antibiotic pollutants in water was reviewed.The main synthesis methods of ferrite nanomaterials was generalized,the pathways to improve the performance of ferrite activated PMS were introduced emphatically,and the reaction mechanisms for the degradation of antibiotics in wa-ter and the degradation pathways of tetracycline,sulfonamide and quinolone antibiotics were sum-marized.Modified ferrite-activated PMS can rapidly and efficiently degrade and even mineralize antibiotics in water through free radical and non-free radical pathways,showing great potential for antibiotic wastewater treatment.