Abstract
Development of low-cost, nontoxic, highly efficient performance photocatalyst for water pollution control engineering is critical for environmental remediation. In this contribution, a direct Z-scheme heterojunction based on C quantum dot (CQDs), bismuth oxybromide (BiOBr) and bulk graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4, CN) (CQDs-BiOBr/CN composite) with outstanding photocatalytic activity and good reusability is successfully fabricated though a hydrothermal procedure for cefixime antibiotic photodegradation. In particular, the CQDs-BiOBr/CN composite possess the best cefixime degradation effect, the degradation rate is about 92.82% within 120 min. The enhancement photocatalytic activity of CQDs-BiOBr/CN can be ascribed to the improved light-harvest ability, the excellent adsorption performance, the efficient charge transportation and separation capability. A possible degradation pathway of cefixime is proposed base on HPLC-MS. Toxicity experiments demonstrate that the antibiotic activity of cefixime is effectively deactivated after degradation process, and which is no toxic effect for Rye seeds in deionized water. The CQDs-BiOBr/CN also displays the excellent photoactivation activity towards Escherichia coli (E. coli). Reactive-species-trapping experiments show that hydroxyl radical (⋅OH) and superoxide radical (⋅O2−) are the active reactive species in the photodegradation process. The CQDs-BiOBr/CN composite demonstrate an effective potential practical application in antibiotic pollutants degradation from wastewater.
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