Strategic Doping Approach of the Fe–BiOI Microstructure: An Improved Photodegradation Efficiency of Tetracycline
Neetu Talreja, Mohammad Ashfaq, Divya Chauhan, Adriana C. Mera, C.A. Rodríguez
Abstract
Fe-BiOI material shows 67 and 100% degradation of TC at 10 and 1 mg/L, respectively. The TC degradation was also found to be pH-dependent; when increasing the pH value up to 10, 94% degradation was achieved at 10 mg/L within 60 min of solar irradiation. The analysis was also performed over BiOI, which proves that Fe has a profound effect on TC degradation as Fe(II) tends to trigger oxidation-reduction by utilizing the chelate formation tendency of TC. Therefore, the prepared Fe-BiOI-In has the potential ability to degrade pharmaceutical compounds, especially, TC from wastewater.
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PhotodegradationMicrostructureDegradation (telecommunications)Materials scienceDopingDispersion (optics)MetalPhotocatalysisBand gapIn situChemical engineeringNuclear chemistryMetallurgyChemistryCatalysisOptoelectronicsElectronic engineeringOpticsOrganic chemistryPhysicsEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced oxidation water treatmentCatalytic Processes in Materials Science