Visible-light degradation of antibiotics catalyzed by titania/zirconia/graphitic carbon nitride ternary nanocomposites: a combined experimental and theoretical study

Liu, Wen ¹Wang, Qiang ²Chen, Shaowei ³Ding, Peiren ²Ji, Haodong ¹Li, Peishen ²Liu, Qiming ³Wu, Yunyun ²Guo, Ming ²Zhou, Ziang ²Gao, Shuai ²Xu, Wenlu²

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1. Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Beijing Innovat Ctr Engn Sci & Adv Technol BIC ES, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
2. Capital Normal Univ, Lab Microsized Funct Mat, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
3. Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Chem & Biochem, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
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Abstract

Development of low-cost, high-performance photocatalysts for the effective degradation of antibiotics in wastewater is critical for environmental remediation. In this work, titanium dioxide/zirconium dioxide/graphitic carbon nitride (TiO2/ZrO2/g-C3N4) ternary composites are fabricated via a facile hydrothermal procedure, and photocatalytically active towards the degradation of berberine hydrochloride under visible light illumination. The performance is found to increase with the Ti:Zr atomic ratio in the nanocomposites, and obviously enhanced in comparison to that of the binary TiO2/g-C3N4 counterpart, due to the formation of type I/II heterojunctions that help separate the photogenerated electron-hole pairs and produce superoxide and hydroxy radicals. The mechanistic pathways are unraveled by a deliberate integration of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry measurements with theoretical calculations of the condensed Fukui index. Furthermore, the ecotoxicity of the reaction intermediates is examined by utilizing the Toxicity Estimation Software Tool (TEST) and quantitative structure activity relationship calculations (QSAR).

Key words

TiO2/ZrO2/g-C3N4 ternary composite/heterojunction/photocatalytic degradation/visible light/berberine hydrochloride

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出版年

2022

Applied Catalysis

ISSN：0926-3373

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