Inverse opal type porous g-C3N4 towards H2O2 production and in-situ photoFenton gemifloxacin degradation driven by amorphous framework and nitrogen vacancy
Sriram Mansingh , Kundan Kumar Das , Ritik Mohanty , Newmoon Priyadarshini, Kulamani Parida
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Abstract
H2O2 production by utilizing renewable feedstocks like solar energy, H2O and O2 through artificial photocatalysis is an intriguing area of sustainable research. Porous and defect-oriented g-C3N4 is a promising metal free material for photon driven H2O2 generation via. O2/H2O redox pathway because of its benefitting features. The designed vacancy-oriented carbon nitride with amorphous character along with inverse opal type framework boost the overall O2 reduction rate and on-situ gemifloxacine (GFM) degradation. The PCN sample manifest the optimum peroxide generation (587 µmol/g/h and conversion efficiency of 0.011 %) which is 1.4 times higher than CN. The photoreduction goes predominantly via. both single electron two step, i.e., ●O2- radical route confirms by scavenger and EPR test. Further, reduction reaction was also evaluated under different reaction condition, i.e., pH, sacrificial agent and purging gas type. Besides, PCN depicts enhanced onsite photo-fenton GFM degradation (78 % in 1 h) and the formed intermediates species alongside the mineralization 70 % is well demonstrated. This investigation serves as a guideline for the development of different amorphous and defect based photocatalysts for sustainable H2O2 generation and on-site photo-fenton activity with benchmark efficiency
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