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HERO ID
6308363
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Preparation of a novel Z-scheme KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3 nanocomposite for efficient sonocatalytic degradation of ceftriaxone sodium
Author(s)
Qiao, J; Lv, M; Qu, Z; Zhang, M; Cui, X; Wang, D; Piao, C; Liu, Z; Wang, J; Song, Y
Year
2019
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN:
0048-9697
EISSN:
1879-1026
Volume
689
Page Numbers
178-192
Language
English
PMID
31279185
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.416
Web of Science Id
WOS:000482379400017
Abstract
In this work, a novel Z-scheme sonocatalyst, KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3, is prepared via ultrasonic-assisted isoelectric point method. The prepared samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The catalytic activity of Z-scheme KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3 sonocatalyst is studied in degradation of ceftriaxone sodium under ultrasonic irradiation. In addition, the influences of ultrasonic irradiation time, scavengers and sonocatalyst used times on sonocatalytic degradation of ceftriaxone sodium are examined. Under the experimental conditions of 150 min ultrasonic irradiation time, 1.00 g/L KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3 addition amount and 10.00 mg/L ceftriaxone sodium concentration, the sonocatalytic degradation ratio of ceftriaxone sodium achieves 81.30%. Finally, the possible sonocatalytic degradation mechanism of ceftriaxone sodium caused by Z-scheme KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3 sonocatalyst is proposed. The enhanced sonocatalytic activity may be attributed to the fact that the FeVO4 as a special conductive channel provides a strong driving force to transfer electrons through valence state changes of iron and vanadium, which accelerates electron transfer from conduction band (CB) of Bi2O3 to valence band (VB) of KTaO3. Perhaps, the KTaO3/FeVO4/Bi2O3 composite is an excellent Z-scheme sonocatalyst which can be used to effectively degrade the organic pollutants in wastewater under ultrasonic irradiation.
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