Effective degradation of tetracycline by mesoporous Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub> under visible light irradiation

doi:10.1007/s11783-014-0753-y

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2016, Vol. 10

Issue (2) : 211-218 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-014-0753-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effective degradation of tetracycline by mesoporous Bi₂WO₆ under visible light irradiation

Xiaolong CHU,Guoqiang SHAN,Chun CHANG,Yu FU,Longfei YUE,Lingyan ZHU(

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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

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Abstract

Bi₂WO₆ was synthesized with a hydrothermal method at different pHs and used for the degradation of tetracycline (TC) in water. The mesoporous Bi₂WO₆ prepared at pH 1 (BWO-1) displayed the highest adsorption and degradation capacity to TC due to its large surface area and more efficient capacity to separate photogenerated electrons and holes. 97% of TC at 20 mg·L⁻¹ was removed by BWO-1 at 0.5 g·L⁻¹ after 120 min irradiation under simulated solar light. Only 31% of the total organic carbon (TOC) was removed after 360 min irradiation although the TC removal reached 100%, suggesting that TC was mainly transformed to intermediate products rather than completely mineralized. The intermediates were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (HPLC-TOF-MS) and possible photodegradation pathways were proposed.

Keywords Bi₂WO₆ hydrothermal synthesis tetracycline (TC) photocatalysis

Corresponding Author(s): Lingyan ZHU

Online First Date: 17 November 2014 Issue Date: 01 February 2016

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Yu FU,Longfei YUE,Lingyan ZHU, et al. Effective degradation of tetracycline by mesoporous Bi₂WO₆ under visible light irradiation[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2016, 10(2): 211-218.

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of Bi₂WO₆ prepared at different hydrothermal pHs

Fig.2 Diffuse reflectance UVvis spectra of Bi₂WO₆ catalysts prepared at different hydrothermal pHs

Fig.3 Degradation kinetics of TC by Bi₂WO₆ prepared at different hydrothermal pHs under visible light irradiation. ■: pH= 1; ●: pH= 4; ▲: pH= 7; ▾: pH= 9; ? : TiO₂(P25); ? :without catalyst

Fig.4 Electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) Nyquist plots of BWO-1(light vs. dark) (a) and EIS of different hydrothermal pHs under visible light irradiation (b)

Fig.5 The effects of isopropanol ((a), V/V), KI ((b), mmol·L⁻¹) and (NH₄)₂C₂O₄ ((c), mmol·L⁻¹) at different concentrations on the photodegradation of TC by BWO-1 under simulated solar light irradiation

Fig.6 Variation of TOC during photocatalytic degradation process

Tab.1 Main fragment ions of TC and intermediate products

Fig.7 Scheme 1 Possible photocatalytic degradation pathway of TC by Bi₂WO₆

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