Mitigation of levofloxacin from aqueous media by adsorption: a review

Iwuozor, Kingsley O.; Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde; Ogunfowora, Lawal Adewale; Emenike, Ebuka Chizitere; Oyekunle, Ifeoluwa Peter; Gbadamosi, Fahidat Adedamola; Ighalo, Joshua O.

doi:10.1007/s40899-021-00579-9

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“…Several kinds of antibiotics are polluting water resources such as tetracycline, norfloxacin (NOR), diclofenac (DCF), Levofloxacin (LF), (Iwuozor et al, 2021;Vieno et al, 2014;Xia et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2019), etc. Hence, removal of these; in this context, g-C 3 N 4 based photocatalytic materials has been considered asantibiotic contaminants highly required; in this context, g-C 3 N 4 based photocatalytic materials has been considered an efficient and potential candidate.…”

Section: Antibiotics Removalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of graphitic carbon nitride-based S-scheme heterojunctions for environmental remediation and energy conversion

Sudhaik

SONU

Hasija

et al. 2023

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The contemporary era's top environmental problems include the lack of energy, recycling of waste resources, and water pollution. Due to the speedy growth of modern industrialization, the utilization of non-renewable sources has increased rapidly, which has caused many serious environmental and energy issues. In photocatalysis, as a proficient candidate, g-C3N4 (metal-free polymeric photocatalyst) has gained much attention due to its auspicious properties and excellent photocatalytic performance. But, regrettably, the quick recombination of photoinduced charge carriers, feeble redox ability, and inadequate visible light absorption are some major drawbacks of g-C3N4 that hamper its photocatalytic ability. Henceforth, these significant limitations can be solved by incorporating modification strategies. Among all modification techniques, the amalgamation of g-C3N4 with two or more photocatalytic semiconducting materials via heterojunction formation is more advantageous. In this review, we have discussed various modification strategies, including conventional, Z-scheme and S-scheme heterojunctions. S-scheme heterojunction is consideredan efficient and profitable charge transferal pathway due to the excellent departure and transferal of photoexcited charge carriers with outstanding redox ability. Consequently, the current review is focused on various photocatalytic applications of S-scheme-based g-C3N4 photocatalysts in pollutant degradation, H2 production, and CO2 reduction.

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Section: Antibiotics Removalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of graphitic carbon nitride-based S-scheme heterojunctions for environmental remediation and energy conversion

Sudhaik

SONU

Hasija

et al. 2023

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“…This section discusses the adsorption mechanisms behind the interactions between NRFX and various adsorbents. Before focusing on particular adsorption mechanisms, it is important to analyze both empirical findings and analytical characterizations [143] . This is crucial since there are several processes involved in the adsorption of NRFX.…”

Section: Adsorption Mechanismmentioning

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A review of the adsorption method for norfloxacin reduction from aqueous media

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Igwegbe²,

Iwuozor³

et al. 2023

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“…Efforts to transform levofloxacin into non-toxic or less-active compounds have applied various different physicochemical treatments, such as photo-electrocatalysis [41], photocatalysis [42][43][44], chlorination [45], ozonation [46], adsorption [36,47], Fenton reactions and ferrous ion-activated persulfate, and combined Fenton/persulfate systems [30], as well as combinations of methods such as photocatalysis with adsorption [48] and advanced oxidative processes (AOPs) with adsorption [49]. These treatments were found to be highly effective and capable of up to 100% levofloxacin removal.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%