Degradation of tetracycline over carbon nanosheet: high efficiency, mechanism and biotoxicity assessment
Xiang Liu, Wenxin Hou, Xu Meng, Xiuru Bi, Haiyu Zhao, Zuo Wang, Didier Astruc
Abstract
The pollutant Reactive Red 2 is transformed into graphene-like carbon nanosheet (GCN) by simple pyrolysis, and this GCN nanocatalyst is shown to efficiently degrade tetracycline by peroxymonosulfate activation via nonradical oxidation processes.
Topics & Concepts
NanosheetDegradation (telecommunications)GraphenePyrolysisTetracyclineChemistryCarbon fibersPollutantChemical engineeringMaterials scienceNanotechnologyComposite numberComputer scienceBiochemistryOrganic chemistryComposite materialTelecommunicationsAntibioticsEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGraphene research and applicationsCarbon and Quantum Dots Applications