Heterojunction photocatalysts for degradation of the tetracycline antibiotic: a review

X He, T Kai, P Ding - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Antibiotic pollution is a major health issue inducing antibiotic resistance and the inefficiency
of actual drugs, thus calling for improved methods to clean water and wastewater. Here we …

Occurrence, fate, and risk assessment of typical tetracycline antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review

L Xu, H Zhang, P Xiong, Q Zhu, C Liao… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tetracyclines (TCs), used as human and veterinary medicines, are the most widely used
antibiotics. More than 75% of TCs are excreted in an active form and released into the …

Photo-Fenton degradation of tetracycline over Z-scheme Fe-g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 heterojunctions: Mechanism insight, degradation pathways and DFT calculation

C Liu, H Dai, C Tan, Q Pan, F Hu, X Peng - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Herein, Fe-gC 3 N 4/Bi 2 WO 6 Z-scheme heterojunction is elaborately designed to
build a photo-Fenton system for the degradation of tetracycline (TC). In this study, the H 2 O …

Degradation of antibiotics by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs): Performance, mechanisms, and perspectives

Q Yuan, S Qu, R Li, ZY Huo, Y Gao, Y Luo - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global consumption and discharge of antibiotics have led to the rapid development and
spread of bacterial antibiotic resistance. Among treatment strategies, electrochemical …

CuBi2O4/BiOBr composites promoted PMS activation for the degradation of tetracycline: S-scheme mechanism boosted Cu2+/Cu+ cycle

X Dou, Y Chen, H Shi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The CuBi 2 O 4/BiOBr S-scheme photocatalysts, combining 1D CuBi 2 O 4
nanorods and 2D BiOBr nanosheets were successfully synthesized by a hydrothermal …

Ultrathin porous Bi2WO6 with rich oxygen vacancies for promoted adsorption-photocatalytic tetracycline degradation

W Gao, G Li, Q Wang, L Zhang, K Wang, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring advanced photocatalysts for antibiotics degradation is highly desired but remains
a challenge due to the lack of reasonable structural design and molecular oxygen activation …

Silicate-enhanced heterogeneous flow-through electro-Fenton system using iron oxides under nanoconfinement

D Guo, Y Liu, H Ji, CC Wang, B Chen… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein, a silicate-enhanced flow-through electro-Fenton system with a nanoconfined
catalyst was rationally designed and demonstrated for the highly efficient, rapid, and …

Facile construction of novel Bi2WO6/Ta3N5 Z-scheme heterojunction nanofibers for efficient degradation of harmful pharmaceutical pollutants

S Li, J Chen, S Hu, H Wang, W Jiang, X Chen - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical wastewater has become a severe, tremendous threaten to ecological
environment and human health. Semiconductor photocatalysts have emerged as potential …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in Fenton/Fenton-like reactions for the removal of antibiotics in aqueous environments

Y Jiang, J Ran, K Mao, X Yang, L Zhong, C Yang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The frequent use of antibiotics allows them to enter aqueous environments via wastewater,
and many types of antibiotics accumulate in the environment due to difficult degradation …

Visible light photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline over TiO2

S Wu, H Hu, Y Lin, J Zhang, YH Hu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
TiO 2 is widely exploited as a photocatalyst to degrade antibiotic residues in water under UV
irradiation, but it is inefficient for visible light photocatalysis due to its large band gap. Herein …