Innovative solar-driven heterostructure photocatalysts are promising for removing deleterious antibiotics residues in the water environment. Herein, we prepared a vanadium pentoxide/graphitic carbon nitride (V2O5/C3N4) S-scheme with a facile approach. The heterostructure provides larger surface areas, promotes the separation and transfer of charge carriers, and offers abundant active sites for photocatalytic redox reactions. The composites were used to degrade amoxicillin (AMX) under solar light which attained a high removal efficiency (91.3%) and stability. Meanwhile, the photodegradation pathway of AMX was revealed by HPLC-MS/MS analysis and density functional theory (DFT) computations. Superoxide radicals evolved from conduction band of C3N4 and oxidative holes were generated from valence band of V2O5, which were confirmed by electron spin resonance experiments and selective radical quenching experiments. The V2O5/C3N4 S-scheme structure provides an internal electron channel at the interface and maintains the active sites with high potentials for photodegradation. Our work affords a robust V2O5/C3N4 S-scheme nanocomposites for sustainable water purification. 

V2O5 nanodot-decorated laminar C3N4 for sustainable photodegradation of amoxicillin under solar light

Innovative solar-driven heterostructure photocatalysts are promising for removing deleterious antibiotics residues in the water environment. Herein, we prepared a vanadium pentoxide/graphitic carbon nitride (V2O5/C3N4) S-scheme with a facile approach. The heterostructure provides larger surface areas, promotes the separation and transfer of charge carriers, and offers abundant active sites for photocatalytic redox reactions. The composites were used to degrade amoxicillin (AMX) under solar light which attained a high removal efficiency (91.3%) and stability. Meanwhile, the photodegradation pathway of AMX was revealed by HPLC-MS/MS analysis and density functional theory (DFT) computations. Superoxide radicals evolved from conduction band of C3N4 and oxidative holes were generated from valence band of V2O5, which were confirmed by electron spin resonance experiments and selective radical quenching experiments. The V2O5/C3N4 S-scheme structure provides an internal electron channel at the interface and maintains the active sites with high potentials for photodegradation. Our work affords a robust V2O5/C3N4 S-scheme nanocomposites for sustainable water purification.

Spinel CuB2O4 (B = Fe, Cr, and Al) Oxides for Selective Adsorption of Congo Red and Photocatalytic Removal of Antibiotics

Z-type ZnAl-LDO/Ag2S heterojunction activated peroxysulfate to degrade tetracycline hydrochloride under visible light efficiently

Rapid and ultra-trace levels analysis of 33 antibiotics in water by on-line solid-phase extraction with ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Ivana Grgić

Papers

UV filters as a driver of the antibiotic pollution in different water matrices.