Photocatalytic Decomposition of Amoxicillin Using Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles

Catalysts enriched in Zinc ferrite (ZFO) were synthesized using coprecipitation and hydrothermal methods. Mixtures of crystalline nanoparticles (ZFO and α-Fe2O3, several allotropic varieties of FeO) were characterized by various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron micro...

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Published in:Crystals (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 291
Main Authors: Jezzini, Aya, Chen, Yujin, Davidson, Anne, Wallez, Gilles, Hamieh, Tayssir, Toufaily, Joumana
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
Subjects:
Amoxicillin
Antibiotics
Aqueous solutions
Catalysts
Degradation
Diffraction
Ethanol
France
Graphene
Graphite
hexagonal
Iron compounds
Iron oxides
Light-emitting diodes
Mixtures
Nanoparticles
Nanostructured materials
Nitrates
Oxidation
Pesticides
Photocatalysis
Photoelectrons
Pollutants
reduced graphene (RGO)
Spectrophotometry
Surfactants
Titanium alloys
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonic processing
Water pollution
Water treatment
X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
X-ray spectroscopy
X-rays
zinc ferrite/hematite/ZnO (cubic
Zinc ferrites
France
Paris France
ISSN:2073-4352, 2073-4352
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Summary:Catalysts enriched in Zinc ferrite (ZFO) were synthesized using coprecipitation and hydrothermal methods. Mixtures of crystalline nanoparticles (ZFO and α-Fe2O3, several allotropic varieties of FeO) were characterized by various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM, SEM), N2 sorption, UV-visible spectrophotometry (UV-Vis) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). After detailed characterizations, the catalytic performance of the solids (1 g/L) in the degradation of amoxicillin (AMX) (10 mg/L) as an antibiotic pollutant in water was evaluated. In addition, we used air as the oxygen source and adjusted the pH to 5.0. Consequently, the catalysts obtained via the hydrothermal method HT-ZFO had a high activity (100% of AMX removal in less than 100 min when an LED (75 W) light was used) compared to a similar mixture of oxides with graphene HT-ZFO-GO (a longer time of 150 min) that was necessary for the complete degradation of AMX. Impregnation with an aqueous solution containing 80 mg of GO obtained using Hummer’s method, reduced into RGO by an ultrasound treatment, enhances the initial reaction rate but is associated with a prolonged time for complete AMX removal (10 ppm in water) that we attribute to its spontaneous corrosion.
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ISSN:2073-4352
2073-4352
DOI:10.3390/cryst14030291