Oxygen vacancy-engineered Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets for enhanced photodegradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water†

IF 3.1 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Helena Pérez del Pulgar, Josefa Ortiz-Bustos, Santiago Gómez-Ruiz, Isabel del Hierro and Yolanda Pérez
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Defect engineering has emerged as a versatile approach for tailoring the properties of materials to meet specific functional applications and improve their properties. In the context of environmental remediation, the introduction of surface oxygen vacancies in semiconductor materials has demonstrated to be a highly effective strategy to enhance molecular adsorption and contaminants' degradation. Herein, we reported the synthesis of Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets with surface oxygen vacancies (OVs) via the controlled addition of an accessible, non-toxic and versatile ionic liquid, choline hydroxide. The presence of OVs was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical techniques, including cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Upon optimizing the concentration of choline hydroxide, it was found that the addition of 10% of choline hydroxide yielded a material, Chol10%-Bi2O2CO3, with significantly enhanced adsorptive and photocatalytic performance. This material efficiently removed not only antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin (97.5% in 20 min) and sulfamethoxazole (98.5% in 60 min), but also a UV filter compound, benzophenone-4 (92.4% in 180 min), which are representative of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) of high environmental concern. Mechanistic studies into reactive oxygen species involved in the photocatalytic process, together with a thorough study of the energy band structure, revealed that Chol10%-Bi2O2CO3 generates both hydroxyl (OH·) and superoxide (·O2) radicals, which are essential for the efficient degradation of the recalcitrant UV filter compound, showing the potential of oxygen vacancy-engineered Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets as promising platforms for water purification and environmental remediation applications.

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氧空位工程Bi2O2CO3纳米片,用于增强药物和个人护理产品在水中的光降解†
缺陷工程已经作为一种通用的方法出现,用于定制材料的性能,以满足特定的功能应用并改善其性能。在环境修复的背景下,在半导体材料中引入表面氧空位已被证明是提高分子吸附和污染物降解的一种非常有效的策略。在此,我们报道了通过可控地添加一种易于获取、无毒且用途广泛的离子液体——氢氧化胆碱,合成具有表面氧空位(OVs)的Bi2O2CO3纳米片。通过x射线光电子能谱(XPS)和电化学技术(包括循环伏安法(CV)和差分脉冲伏安法(DPV))证实了OVs的存在。通过对氢氧化胆碱浓度的优化,发现添加10%的氢氧化胆碱可以得到具有显著增强吸附和光催化性能的材料Chol10%-Bi2O2CO3。该材料不仅能有效去除环丙沙星(20分钟内去除97.5%)和磺胺甲新唑(60分钟内去除98.5%)等抗生素,还能有效去除具有较高环境关注度的药品和个人护理用品(PPCPs)中具有代表性的紫外线过滤化合物二苯甲酮-4(180分钟内去除92.4%)。对参与光催化过程的活性氧的机理研究以及对能带结构的深入研究表明,Chol10%-Bi2O2CO3产生羟基(OH·)和超氧化物(·O2−)自由基,这对于有效降解难降解的紫外线过滤化合物至关重要,显示了氧空位工程Bi2O2CO3纳米片作为水净化和环境修复应用的有前景的平台的潜力。
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Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL SC-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CiteScore
8.60
自引率
4.00%
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206
期刊介绍: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology seeks to showcase high quality research about fundamental science, innovative technologies, and management practices that promote sustainable water.
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