Plant-based green fabrication of CuO-CdO-bentonite S-scheme heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic performance for the degradation of levofloxacin

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Majid Mahjoore
Moones Honarmand
Ahmad Aryafar
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[1] University of Birjand,Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
[2] Birjand University of Technology,Department of Chemical Engineering
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2023年 / 30卷
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Bentonite; S-scheme heterojunction; Photocatalysis; Levofloxacin; Sunlight;
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In this research, for the first time, CuO and CdO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using Ferula persica and anchored on layered bentonite as a novel S-scheme nano-heterojunction (denoted as CuO-CdO-BT). Ferula persica acted as a naturally-sourced reducing agent and stabilizer for the synthesis of NPs. The performance of CuO-CdO-BT was evaluated for the degradation of levofloxacin from an aqueous solution under sunlight. The characterization results clarified that the bentonite as a support not only reduced the agglomeration of CuO and CdO NPs but also decreased the size of biosynthesized NPs, which increased the active surface of NPs and the photodegardation efficiency. The effect of operational reaction system variables was examined to optimize the photocatalytic capability of CuO-CdO-BT. Under optimum conditions (catalyst dosage = 0.4 g/L, LVF concentration = 10 mg/L and pH = 8), 96.11% of levofloxacin was degraded using CuO-CdO-BT after 30 min with degradation kinetic of 0.108 min−1, which was about 2.4 and 4.2 times higher than those of bare CuO and CdO NPs, respectively. The improvement of the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of CuO-CdO-BT compared to CuO and CdO NPs was due to preventing the recombination of charge carriers in the S-scheme system. The radical quenching experiments ascertained the generation of O2∙-,\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathrm{O}}_{2}^{\bullet -},$$\end{document}·OH, and h+\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathrm{h}}^{+}$$\end{document} species in the CuO-CdO-BT system, indicating that ·OH radicals have a more prominent role than O2∙-\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathrm{O}}_{2}^{\bullet -}$$\end{document} and h+\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\mathrm{h}}^{+}$$\end{document} in the photocatalytic reaction. The six possible levofloxacin pathways of LVF degradation were suggested based on HPLC–MS analysis. Over 88.5% LVF was removed using CuO-CdO-BT after three catalyst reuse cycles, indicating a cost-effectiveness potential of the biosynthesized photocatalyst reusability. Almost complete mineralization of LVF was obtained by the CuO-CdO-BT photocatalyst after 180 min of reaction. Based on findings, the S-scheme mechanism of photo-generated electron–hole pairs transfer in the CuO-CdO-BT system was found. The unique structural features of the new generation of S-scheme heterojunction and green synthesis of NPs using plants provide promising photocatalysts to improve wastewater treatment.
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