Ni(OH) 2 decorated rutile TiO 2 for efficient removal of tetracycline from wastewater

Leong, Sookwan; Li, Dan; Hapgood, Karen; Zhang, Xiwang; Wang, Huanting

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.043

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“…In recent years, with the rapid development and application of new environmental analysis technologies, the focus of environmental workers on environmental pollution and human health has gradually extended from traditional typical pollutants to trace pollutants in the environment, such as antibiotics [1][2][3]. China is not only a big country in antibiotic production but also a big country in antibiotic use.…”

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Preparation of Hollow Flower-Like Microspherical β-Bi2O3/BiOCl Heterojunction and High Photocatalytic Property for Tetracycline Hydrochloride Degradation

Kong

Zhang

et al. 2019

Nanomaterials

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Tetracycline cannot be effectively degraded in wastewater treatment. Therefore, the development of excellent photocatalysts is of significant importance for environmental protection. In this study, a β-Bi2O3/BiOCl heterojunction photocatalyst with hollow flower-like microspheres was successfully synthesized by the in-situ reaction of HCl and β-Bi2O3 hollow spheres. The prepared samples are characterized by Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, N2 physical adsorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and Photoluminescence. Then, research on the photocatalytic performance for the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride was conducted. The results show that the photocatalytic performance of the β-Bi2O3/BiOCl composite is significantly better than the β-Bi2O3 and BiOCl. The increase in photocatalytic activity is due to the formation of a heterojunction between β-Bi2O3 and BiOCl, which effectively promotes the separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Additionally, the heterojunction nanocomposite demonstrated the outstanding photocatalytic stability after five cycles, which indicates that the material can be used for water environment purification. This paper provides assistance for studying the photocatalytic mechanism of heterojunction photocatalytic materials.

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confidence: 99%

Preparation of Hollow Flower-Like Microspherical β-Bi2O3/BiOCl Heterojunction and High Photocatalytic Property for Tetracycline Hydrochloride Degradation

Kong

Zhang

et al. 2019

Nanomaterials

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“…with Ni(OH)2 clusters. The complex was studied for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline from wastewater under visible light (Leong et al, 2016). The complex degraded about 76% of tetracycline from wastewater during 30 min of adsorption compared to 57% degradation by commercial TiO2.…”

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Fate of Environmental Pollutants

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Sumaraj²,

Padhye³

2017

Water Environment Research

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This annual review covers the literature published in 2016 on topics related to the occurrence and fate of emerging environmental pollutants in wastewater. Due to the vast amount of literature published on this topic, we have discussed only a portion of the quality research publications, due to limitation of space. The abstract search was carried out using Web of Science, and the abstracts were selected based on their relevance. In few cases, fulltext articles were referred to better understand new findings. This review is divided into the following sections: Antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARBs) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs), disinfection by-products (DBPs), estrogens, nanomaterials, pathogens, perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), and other pollutants.

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“…Similarly, Ni nanoclusters with a diameter of 2−3 nm efficiently promoted the photoexcited electron transfer of graphene oxide (GO), and then obviously improved the visible-light-driven H 2 evolution activity of GO [25]. Also, many other Ni-containing compounds such as NiO [25,34], NiS/NiS 2 [31, 35−38], Ni 2 P [39−42], Ni(OH) 2 [28,43,44]. and Ni complexes [45], have been demonstrated to be highly efficient and stable cocatalysts for the photocatalytic H 2 evolution reaction.…”

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Fabrication of Ni nanoclusters-modified brookite TiO2 quasi nanocubes and its photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance

Zeng

Liu

Wang

et al. 2019

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics

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The development of low-cost, earth-abundant and highly-efficient cocatalysts is still important to promote the photocatalytic H 2 evolution reaction over semiconductors. Herein, a series of Ni nanoclusters (NCs) modified brookite TiO 2 quasi nanocubes (BTN) (marked as Ni/BTN) are fabricated via a chemical reduction process. It is found that the loading content and oxidation state of Ni NCs can significantly influence the optical absorption, photocatalytic activity, and stability of Ni/BTN composites. Among the resultant Ni NCs-loaded products, 0.1%Ni/BTN composite delivers the best H 2 evolution activity (156 µmol/h), which is 4.3 times higher than that of the BTN alone (36 µmol/h). Furthermore, the Ni NCs with ultrafine size (∼2 nm) and high dispersity enable shorter charge transfer distance by quickly capturing the photoexcited electrons of BTN, and thus result in the improved activity even though the oxidization of some Ni NCs on BTN is harmful to the activity for H 2 evolution due to the much lower electron capturing capability of NiO than metallic Ni. This study not only clarifies that brookite TiO 2 would be a promising high-efficient photocatalyst for H 2 evolution, but also reveals vital clues for further improving its photocatalytic performance using low-cost Ni-based cocatalyst.

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Ni(OH) 2 decorated rutile TiO 2 for efficient removal of tetracycline from wastewater

Cited by 116 publications

References 36 publications

Preparation of Hollow Flower-Like Microspherical β-Bi2O3/BiOCl Heterojunction and High Photocatalytic Property for Tetracycline Hydrochloride Degradation

Preparation of Hollow Flower-Like Microspherical β-Bi2O3/BiOCl Heterojunction and High Photocatalytic Property for Tetracycline Hydrochloride Degradation

Fate of Environmental Pollutants

Fabrication of Ni nanoclusters-modified brookite TiO2 quasi nanocubes and its photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance

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