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Ikram M, Inayat T, Haider A, Ul-Hamid A, Haider J, Nabgan W, Saeed A, Shahbaz A, Hayat S, Ul-Ain K, Butt AR. Graphene Oxide-Doped MgO Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Dye Degradation and Bactericidal Action. Nanoscale Res Lett 2021; 16:56. [PMID: 33825981 PMCID: PMC8026802 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-021-03516-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Various concentrations (0.01, 0.03 and 0.05 wt ratios) of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets were doped into magnesium oxide (MgO) nanostructures using chemical precipitation technique. The objective was to study the effect of GO dopant concentrations on the catalytic and antibacterial behavior of fixed amount of MgO. XRD technique revealed cubic phase of MgO, while its crystalline nature was confirmed through SAED profiles. Functional groups presence and Mg-O (443 cm-1) in fingerprint region was evident with FTIR spectroscopy. Optical properties were recorded via UV-visible spectroscopy with redshift pointing to a decrease in band gap energy from 5.0 to 4.8 eV upon doping. Electron-hole recombination behavior was examined through photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Raman spectra exhibited D band (1338 cm-1) and G band (1598 cm-1) evident to GO doping. Formation of nanostructure with cubic and hexagon morphology was confirmed with TEM, whereas interlayer average d-spacing of 0.23 nm was assessed using HR-TEM. Dopants existence and evaluation of elemental constitution Mg, O were corroborated using EDS technique. Catalytic activity against methyl blue ciprofloxacin (MBCF) was significantly reduced (45%) for higher GO dopant concentration (0.05), whereas bactericidal activity of MgO against E. coli was improved significantly (4.85 mm inhibition zone) upon doping with higher concentration (0.05) of GO, owing to the formation of nanorods.
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- M Ikram
- Solar Cell Application Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Physics Department, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Core Research Facilities, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah Institute of Computing and Applied Sciences (RICAS), Riphah International University, 14 Ali Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah Institute of Computing and Applied Sciences (RICAS), Riphah International University, 14 Ali Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Physics Department, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
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Rashtbari S, Dehghan G. Biodegradation of malachite green by a novel laccase-mimicking multicopper BSA-Cu complex: Performance optimization, intermediates identification and artificial neural network modeling. J Hazard Mater 2021; 406:124340. [PMID: 33183834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, a soluble biopolymer was prepared by conjugating the bovine serum albumin (BSA) with transition metal ion (Cu2+). BSA-Cu complex was synthesized and characterized using UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and ATR-FTIR spectroscopies. A colorimetric guaiacol oxidation based method, was used to study the catalytic activity of complex and the results indicated its laccase-like activity. Compared with laccase, BSA-Cu complex showed a higher Km value and a similar Vmax value at the same mass concentration. Also, the ability of the BSA-Cu complex to decolorize malachite green (MG) was tested and the results showed that the complex was able to complete the decolorization process of MG within 30 min. Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) the resultant metabolites of MG degradation were analyzed and the toxicity of degradation products was assessed against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. The results confirmed the formation of less toxic products after degradation of MG by BSA-Cu complex. To predict the decolorization efficiency (DE%) of MG, an artificial neural network (ANN) was designed with five, five and one neurons in the input, hidden and output layers, respectively. The obtained results showed the ability of the designed ANN to predict MG removal successfully.
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- Samaneh Rashtbari
- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
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Kour S, Jasrotia R, Puri P, Verma A, Sharma B, Singh VP, Kumar R, Kalia S. Improving photocatalytic efficiency of MnFe 2O 4 ferrites via doping with Zn 2+/La 3+ ions: photocatalytic dye degradation for water remediation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 30:10.1007/s11356-021-13147-7. [PMID: 33686599 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13147-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The interference of industrial effluents such as dyes, surfactants, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and pharmaceutical waste has become a severe global problem for human health due to their carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic properties. Ferrites were considered promising photocatalysts for the degradation of organic and inorganic dyes. This study mainly focused on improving the photocatalytic performance of MnFe2O4 nanoferrites via doping of Zn2+ and La3+ ions. The zinc and lanthanum substituted Mn1-xZnxLayFe2-yO4 nanoferrites were prepared by the sol-gel auto-combustion technique for the degradation of organic textile malachite green dye (MGD) under the natural solar irradiation. The synthesized nanoferrites were investigated for their structural properties, surface morphology and elemental analysis, optical studies, magnetic properties, and photocatalytic performance by XRD, FESEM/EDX, FTIR/Raman spectrum, vibrating sample magnetometer, and UV-visible spectrophotometer, respectively. The substitution of zinc and lanthanum improved the photocatalytic efficiency of nanoferrites, and about 96% of MGD was degraded by Mn0.97Zn0.03La0.04Fe1.96O4 after 60 min of irradiation. The results showed the pseudo-first-order kinetics for dye degradation using undoped and Zn/La-doped MnFe2O4 photocatalysts.
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- Satvinder Kour
- School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India.
- Himalayan Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bahra University, Dist. Solan, Wakhnaghat, HP, 173234, India
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- School of Advanced Chemical Sciences, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
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- School of Advanced Chemical Sciences, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
- Himalayan Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
- Department of Physics, Govt. Degree College, Dist. Hamirpur, Nadaun, HP, 177033, India
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
- Himalayan Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Shoolini University, Dist. Solan, Bajhol, HP, 173229, India
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- Department of Chemistry, ACC Wing, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India.
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Pithadia D, Hegde V, Brahmkhatri VP, Patel A. New catalyst comprising Silicotungstic acid and MCM-22 for degradation of some organic dyes. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:10633-10641. [PMID: 33099729 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11340-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A heterogeneous catalyst comprising Keggin type polyoxometalate, silicotungstic acid (SiW12), and MCM-22 was synthesized using wet impregnation method and characterized by acidity measurement, BET, FT-IR, XRD, and SEM. Their catalytic activity was evaluated for the degradation of cationic organic dyes like methylene blue (MB), crystal violet (CV), and an azo dye Chryosidine Y (CY) in an aqueous solution. The experimental parameters such as catalyst amount, initial dye concentration, and contact time were studied for the degradation of dyes, and it was found that the cationic dyes like methylene blue and crystal violet show better activity as compared to azo dye Chryosidine Y. This may be attributed to better electrostatic interaction of these cationic dyes with the residual negative surface charge of the catalyst, due to presence of SiW12 ion as it is rich in surface oxygens and surface hydroxyl groups. The control experimental results showed that the presence of SiW12 at the surface of MCM-22 promoted the degradation reactions, and presence of multiple W-O bonds in polyoxometalate also played a key role in this reaction. The catalyst exhibits recycling ability without any significant loss in activity up to four cycles.
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- Dhruvi Pithadia
- Polyoxometalates and Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390002, India
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- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 562112, India
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- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 562112, India.
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- Polyoxometalates and Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390002, India.
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Zamani S, Salem S. Couple of graphene oxide and functionalized carbon nanotubes for dye degradation enhancement of anatase under visible light and solar irradiation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:10.1007/s11356-021-12931-9. [PMID: 33629167 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12931-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Graphene oxide sheets (GO) were coupled with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance the photoactivity of anatase under visible and solar irradiation. The carbon nanotube surface was functionalized in the acidic reflux condition before coupling with GO and decoration of anatase by the sol-gel method. A modified kinetic model was appropriately applied to predict the breakthrough in the methylene blue degradation yield and determine the constant rate which was clearly affected by coupling architecture. The nanocomposite fabricated by the same proportions of GO and CNTs, 3.33%, exhibited the maximal degradation yield, 96.5%, in the dye solution with the initial concentration of 3.0 mg l-1. The characterizations based on X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) revealed that the functionalized CNTs could create the appropriate space between the graphene sheets for uniformly interconnection of anatase via oxygen-containing groups onto the material surfaces. This enhancement in the degradation efficiency could be ascribed to the unique architecture, leading to a decrease in bandgap energy, 2.2 eV, which facilitated the electron-hole separation. Besides of breakthrough in the photoreaction rate, the adequate architecture led to an efficient reduction in the content of carbon-based materials. Also, the performance of mentioned nanocomposite under sunlight photons was effectively higher than that under UV irradiation. The hybrid nanocomposite provided a large number of active sites for photoreactions to facilitate the treatment of wastewater under solar irradiation.
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- Saeedeh Zamani
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran.
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Rahimi B, Rezaie-Rahimi N, Jafari N, Abdolahnejad A, Ebrahimi A. Experimental data on the removal of acid orange 10 dye from aqueous solutions using TiO 2/Na-Y zeolite and BiVO 4/Na-Y zeolite nanostructures: A comparison study. Data Brief 2021; 35:106869. [PMID: 33665262 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The increase of textile factories, along with the continuous development of industrialization has led to excessive discharge of high toxicity wastewater along with a diverse range of contaminants in wastewater. In this regard, to reduce their operating costs and treatment time, in this work, two synthesized nanostructures, TiO2/Na-Y zeolite and BiVO4/Na-Y zeolite was compared to remove acid orange 10 (AO10) from the aqueous solutions. The obtained optimum operating conditions including initial dye concentration, initial pH, contact time, catalyst dosage and AO10 removal efficiency were 20 mg/L, 3, 7 min, 0.2 g/100 mL, and 99.77% for TiO2/Na-Y zeolite and 20 mg/L, 3, 200 min, 0.2 g/100 mL and 46.13% for BiVO4/Na-Y zeolite composite, respectively. The structural characteristics of the synthetized materials were also determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
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Sharif MS, Aqeel M, Haider A, Naz S, Ikram M, Ul-Hamid A, Haider J, Aslam I, Nazir A, Butt AR. Photocatalytic, Bactericidal and Molecular Docking Analysis of Annealed Tin Oxide Nanostructures. Nanoscale Res Lett 2021; 16:33. [PMID: 33569698 PMCID: PMC7876220 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-021-03495-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Nanosized tin oxide was fabricated with a simple and cost-effective precipitation technique and was analyzed by performing x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron (HR-TEM) microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The XRD results revealed that tin oxide particles possessed typical orthorhombic structure and exhibited improved crystallinity with annealing. Calcination at 250 °C produced predominantly orthorhombic SnO which transformed to SnO2 at higher temperatures of 500 and 750 °C. HRTEM and FESEM images showed existence of agglomeration within the particles of tin oxide. The absorption was found to increase up to a certain annealing temperature followed by a decrease, which was recorded via UV-Vis spectroscopy. The effect of annealing temperature on dye decomposition behavior of synthesized photocatalysts was studied. It was noted that annealing temperature affects the size of synthesized particles, band gap width and photoactivity of tin oxide. The sample prepared at 500 °C followed first-order kinetics and exhibited maximum photocatalytic reactivity toward methylene blue. The experimental results obtained from the present study indicate that SnO2 is a promising and beneficial catalyst to remove contaminants from wastewater and environment. The antimicrobial evaluation of SnO annealed at 500 °C against selected targets such as E. coli and S. aureus depicted significant inhibition zones in comparison with 250 and 750 °C samples. Furthermore, molecular docking predictions of SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were performed against active pocket of β-lactamase and DNA gyrase enzyme belonging to cell wall and nucleic acid biosynthetic pathway, respectively. The fabricated NPs showed good binding score against β-lactamase of both E. coli (- 5.71 kcal/mol) and S. aureus (- 11.83 kcal/mol) alongside DNA gyrase (- 9.57 kcal/mol; E. coli and - 8.61 kcal/mol; S. aureus). These in silico predictions suggested SnO2 NPs as potential inhibitors for selected protein targets and will facilitate to have a clear understanding of their mechanism of action that may contribute toward new antibiotics discovery.
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- Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Physics Department, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
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- Physics Department, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, 51040, Pakistan
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- Physics Department, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
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Murugan E, Santhoshkumar S, Govindaraju S, Palanichamy M. Silver nanoparticles decorated g-C 3N 4: An efficient SERS substrate for monitoring catalytic reduction and selective Hg 2+ions detection. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2021; 246:119036. [PMID: 33070011 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Graphitic carbon nitride supported Ag NPs(AgNPs@g-C3N4) were synthesized by an in-situ chemical reduction using a green reducing agent, tannic acid. They were characterized by UV-Vis, FTIR, XPS, XRD, FESEM, EDAX and HRTEM. They were very much SERS sensitive, and capable of detecting methylene blue and 4-aminothiophenol at 1 × 10-12 M and 1 × 10-10 M, respectively with the corresponding SERS enhancement factor of 1.4 × 108 and 4.7 × 107. Apart from its high SERS sensitivity, it exhibited high catalytic activity for the reduction of MB with NaBH4. So, their SERS activity and catalytic activity were combined successfully to monitor catalytic reduction of MB by SERS technique. Further, the SERS activity towards MB was also employed for the detection/quantification of free Hg2+ ions in aqueous solution. The SERS intensity of MB drastically decreased in the presence of Hg2+ ions, and hence it provides novel route to detect and quantify the latter. Presence of Ca2+, Mg2+, Cu2+ and Cd2+ions showed zero interference for it. So, this study proves that Ag NPs@g-C3N4 as a unique substrate for multiple SERS applications.
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- E Murugan
- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Science, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamilnadu, India.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Science, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Science, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Science, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamilnadu, India
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Tang KY, Chen JX, Legaspi EDR, Owh C, Lin M, Tee ISY, Kai D, Loh XJ, Li Z, Regulacio MD, Ye E. Gold-decorated TiO 2 nanofibrous hybrid for improved solar-driven photocatalytic pollutant degradation. Chemosphere 2021; 265:129114. [PMID: 33296754 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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TiO2-based nanomaterials are among the most promising photocatalysts for degrading organic dye pollutants. In this work, Au-TiO2 nanofibers were fabricated by the electrospinning technique, followed by calcination in air at 500 °C. Morphological and structural analyses revealed that the composite consists of TiO2 nanofibers with embedded Au nanoparticles that are extensively distributed throughout the porous fibrous structure of TiO2. The photocatalytic performance of these Au-embedded TiO2 nanofibers was evaluated in the photodegradation of Rhodamine B and methylene blue under solar simulator irradiation. Compared with pristine TiO2 nanofibers, the Au-embedded TiO2 nanofibers displayed far better photocatalytic degradation efficiency. The plasmon resonance absorption of Au nanoparticles in the visible spectral region and the effective charge separation at the heterojunction of the Au-TiO2 hybrid are the key factors that have led to the considerable enhancement of the photocatalytic activity. The results of this study clearly demonstrate the potential of Au-TiO2 electrospun nanofibers as solar-light-responsive photocatalysts for the effective removal of dye contaminants from aquatic environments.
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- Karen Yuanting Tang
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines; National Sciences Research Institute (NSRI), University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines.
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, 138634, Singapore.
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Shaker Ardakani L, Alimardani V, Tamaddon AM, Amani AM, Taghizadeh S. Green synthesis of iron-based nanoparticles using Chlorophytum comosum leaf extract: methyl orange dye degradation and antimicrobial properties. Heliyon 2021; 7:e06159. [PMID: 33644459 PMCID: PMC7887398 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Nowadays, green synthesis methods have gained growing attention in nanotechnology owning to their versatile features including high efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and eco-friendliness. Here, the aqueous extract of Chlorophytum comosum leaf was applied for the preparation of iron nanoparticles (INPs) to obtain spherical and amorphous INPs with a particle size below 100 nm as confirmed by TEM. The synthesized INPs managed to eliminate methyl orange (MO) from the aqueous solution. The concentration of MO can be easily checked via ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy throughout the usage of INPs at the presence of H2O2. The synthesized INPs exhibited MO degradation efficiency of 77% after 6 h. Furthermore, the synthesized INPs exhibited antibacterial activity against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The prepared INPs have an impressive effect on Staphylococcus aureus at concentrations below 6 μg/ml. Overall, the synthesized INPs could considerably contribute to our combat against organic dyes and bacteria.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Rambabu K, Bharath G, Banat F, Show PL. Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Phoenix dactylifera waste as bioreductant for effective dye degradation and antibacterial performance in wastewater treatment. J Hazard Mater 2021; 402:123560. [PMID: 32759001 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Production of multi-functional zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) for wastewater treatment through green-approaches is a desirable alternative for conventional synthesis routes. Biomass waste valorization for nanoparticles synthesis has received increased research attention. The present study reports date pulp waste (DPW) utilization as an effective bio-reductant for green-synthesis of ZnO-NPs. A simple and eco-friendly process with low reaction time and calcination temperature was adopted for DPW mediated ZnO-NPs (DP-ZnO-NPs) synthesis. Microscopic investigations of DP-ZnO-NPs confirmed the non-agglomeration and spherical nature of particles with mean diameter of 30 nm. EDX and XPS analysis defined the chemical composition and product purity of DP-ZnO-NPs. UV and photoluminescence studies exhibited surface plasmonic resonance at 381 nm and fluorescent nature of DP-ZnO-NPs. FTIR studies established a formation mechanism outline for DP-ZnO-NPs. XRD and Raman investigations confirmed the crystalline and hexagonal wurtzite phase of DP-ZnO-NPs. DSC/TG analysis displayed the thermal stability of DP-ZnO-NPs with <10 wt% loss upto 700 °C. Photocatalytic degradation of hazardous methylene blue and eosin yellow dyes using DP-ZnO-NPs, showed rapid decomposition rate with 90 % degradation efficiency. Additionally, DP-ZnO-NPs demonstrated significant antibacterial effects on various pathogenic bacteria in terms of zone-of-inhibition measured by disc-diffusion method. Thus, the as-prepared DP-ZnO-NPs is suitable for industrial wastewater treatment.
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- K Rambabu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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Divyasri YV, Lakshmana Reddy N, Lee K, Sakar M, Navakoteswara Rao V, Venkatramu V, Shankar MV, Gangi Reddy NC. Optimization of N doping in TiO 2 nanotubes for the enhanced solar light mediated photocatalytic H 2 production and dye degradation. Environ Pollut 2021; 269:116170. [PMID: 33321309 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Herein, we report the optimization of nitrogen (N) doping in TiO2 nanotubes to achieve the enhanced photocatalytic efficiencies in degradation of dye and H2 gas evolution under solar light exposure. TiO2 nanotubes have been produced via hydrothermal process and N doping has been tuned by varying the concentration of urea, being the source for N, by solid-state dispersion process. The structural analysis using XRD showed the characteristic occupancy of N into the structure of TiO2 and the XPS studies showed the existence of Ti-N-Ti network in the N-doped TiO2 nanotubes. The obtained TEM images showed the formation of 1D tube-like structure of TiO2. Diffuse reflectance UV-Vis absorption spectra demonstrated that the N-doped TiO2 nanotubes can efficiently absorb the photons of UV-Vis light of the solar light. The optimized N-doped TiO2 nanotubes (TiO2 nanotubes vs urea @ 1:1 ratio) showed the highest degradation efficiency over methyl orange dye (∼91% in 90 min) and showed the highest rate of H2 evolution (∼19,848 μmol h-1.g-1) under solar light irradiation. Further, the recyclability studies indicated the excellent stability of the photocatalyst for the durable use in both the photocatalytic processes. The observed efficiency was ascribed to the optimized doping of N-atoms into the lattices of TiO2, which enhanced the optical properties by forming new energy levels of N atoms near the valence band maximum of TiO2, thereby increased the overall charge separation and recombination resistance in the system. The improved reusability of photocatalyst is attributed to the doping-induced structural stability in N-doped TiO2. From the observed results, it has been recognized that the established strategy could be promising for synthesizing N-doped TiO2 nanotubes with favorable structural, optical and photocatalytic properties towards dye degradation and hydrogen production applications.
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- Department of Energy Chemical Engineering, School of Nano & Materials Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 2559 Gyeongsang-daero, 37224, Sangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Chemical Engineering, School of Nano & Materials Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 2559 Gyeongsang-daero, 37224, Sangju, Republic of Korea
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- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Bangalore, 562 112, Karnataka, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India; Department of Physics, Krishna University Dr. MRAR PG Centre, Nuzvid, 521 201, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Panchal P, Meena P, Nehra SP. A rapid green synthesis of Ag/AgCl-NC photocatalyst for environmental applications. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:3972-3982. [PMID: 33398749 PMCID: PMC7781416 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11834-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The present study focuses on extract-mediated Ag nanoparticles (NPs), AgCl-NPs, and Ag/AgCl nanocomposites (NCs) as photocatalysts along with its antimicrobial and dye degradation activities. The synthesis of these NPs and NCs was performed by using Azadirachta indica plant fruit extract and analyzed using UV-Vis spectroscopy to confirm the synthesis and band gap of these NPs and NCs, X-ray diffraction (XRD) to determine its size and crystalline nature. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to discern phytochemicals, responsible for the reduction and capping of the synthesized NCs. Scanning electron microscopy analysis (SEM), transmission electron microscopy analysis (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy analysis were performed to validate the morphology and presence of silver and chloride percentage in the composites. Later, these NPs and NCs were used for their potential role in photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye and antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus of human pathogen. The prepared Ag/AgCl-NCs exhibited an enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activities in comparison with pure Ag and AgCl nanomaterials. However, green-synthesized NPs and NCs played dual roles as a photocatalyst and antibacterial agent in various biomedical and industrial sectors. Moreover, we found that it might be a hot research in many other environmental applications in upcoming days.
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- Priyanka Panchal
- Center of Excellence for Energy and Environmental Studies, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, 131039, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India
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- Center of Excellence for Energy and Environmental Studies, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, 131039, India.
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Zhao T, Qian R, Zhou G, Wang Y, Lee WI, Pan JH. Mesoporous WO 3/TiO 2 spheres with tailored surface properties for concurrent solar photocatalysis and membrane filtration. Chemosphere 2021; 263:128344. [PMID: 33297269 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The strategical integration of membrane water filtration with semiconductor photocatalysis presents a frontier in deep purification with a self-cleaning capability. However, the membrane fouling caused by the cake layer of the reclaimed TiO2 nanoparticles is a key obstacle. Herein, mesoporous WO3/TiO2 spheres (∼450 nm in diameter) consisting of numerous self-assembled WO3-decoated anatase TiO2 nanocrystallites are successfully prepared via a facile wet-chemistry route. The decoration of monolayered WO3 significantly affects the surface, photocatalytic, and optical properties of original mesoporous TiO2 spheres. XRD and Raman analyses show the presence of monolayered WO3 suppresses the crystal growth of TiO2 during the calcination process, significantly improves the surface acidity, and causes an obvious red shift in absorption edge. These favorable textural properties, coupling the enhanced interfacial charge carrier separation, render mesoporous WO3/TiO2 spheres with a superior photocatalytic activity in degradation of methylene blue under UV, visible, and solar light irradiations. The optimal molar ratio of W/Ti is examined to 6%. The synthesized mesoporous WO3/TiO2 spheres also show much higher flux during membrane filtration in both dead-end and cross-flow modes, suggesting a promising photocatalyst for concurrent membrane filtration and solar photocatalysis.
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- Ting Zhao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, North Korea.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Santhana Raj D, Nagarajan SV, Raman T, Venkatachalam P, Parthasarathy M. Remediation of textile effluents for water reuse: Decolorization and desalination using Escherichia fergusonii followed by detoxification with activated charcoal. J Environ Manage 2021; 277:111406. [PMID: 33038672 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Textile effluents contain high levels of pollutants of different categories like dyes, metal salts, acids, bases and microorganisms. Remediation of textile effluents is often challenging because of its composition, which also varies between dyeing units. In this study, we demonstrate the novel use of a waste-water bacterium, Escherichia fergusonii, in the effective remediation of textile effluents. The bacteria application efficiently caused a reduction of color (98.4%), total dissolved solids (75%), sulphates (87%), bicarbonates (83%), chlorides (64%), calcium (84%), and chemical oxygen demand (81%) of the textile effluents. The bacteria-treated effluents were further disinfected and detoxified by treating with rice husk activated charcoal. After the charcoal treatment, the chemical oxygen demand decreased further by 11.5% and biochemical oxygen demand decreased by 85%. The effluents remediated using the two-step process were subjected to toxicity assays using zebrafish (Danio rerio) model. The textile effluents treated using Escherichia fergusonii, followed by activated charcoal were found to be non-toxic and suitable for reuse for domestic applications. Thus, we present here, a simple, less energy-intensive, economic, two-step process as a complete solution for textile effluent treatment. The results of this investigation can be used to simplify the remediation process of textile effluents in common treatment plants as well as the individual dyeing units.
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- Deena Santhana Raj
- Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India
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- Biomass Conversion and Bioproducts Laboratory, Center for Bioenergy, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India
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- Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India.
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Zhang R, Ma Y, Lan W, Sameen DE, Ahmed S, Dai J, Qin W, Li S, Liu Y. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes by ultrasonic-assisted electrospray TiO 2/graphene oxide on polyacrylonitrile/β-cyclodextrin nanofibrous membranes. Ultrason Sonochem 2021; 70:105343. [PMID: 32977274 PMCID: PMC7786584 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) composite nanofibrous membranes immobilized with nano-titanium dioxide (TiO2) and graphene oxide (GO) were prepared by electrospinning and ultrasonic-assisted electrospinning. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed that TiO2 and GO were more evenly dispersed on the surface and inside of the nanofibers after 45 min of ultrasonic treatment. Adding TiO2 and GO reduced the fiber diameter; the minimum fiber diameter was 84.66 ± 40.58 nm when the mass ratio of TiO2-to-GO was 8:2 (PAN/β-CD nanofibrous membranes was 191.10 ± 45.66 nm). Using the anionic dye methyl orange (MO) and the cationic dye methylene blue (MB) as pollutant models, the photocatalytic activity of the nanofibrous membrane under natural sunlight was evaluated. It was found that PAN/β-CD/TiO2/GO composite nanofibrous membrane with an 8:2 mass ratio of TiO2-to-GO exhibited the best degradation efficiency for the dyes. The degradation efficiency for MB and MO were 93.52 ± 1.83% and 90.92 ± 1.52%, respectively. Meanwhile, the PAN/β-CD/TiO2/GO composite nanofibrous membrane also displayed good antibacterial properties and the degradation efficiency for MB and MO remained above 80% after 3 cycles. In general, the PAN/β-CD/TiO2/GO nanofibrous membrane is eco-friendly, reusable, and has great potential for the removal of dyes from industrial wastewaters.
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Phang SJ, Goh JM, Tan LL, Lee WPC, Ong WJ, Chai SP. Metal-free n/n-junctioned graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3N 4): a study to elucidate its charge transfer mechanism and application for environmental remediation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:4388-4403. [PMID: 32940840 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10814-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has been regarded as a promising visible light-driven photocatalyst ascribable to its tailorable structures, thermal stability and chemical inertness. Enhanced photocatalytic activity is achievable by the construction of homojunction nanocomposites to reduce the undesired recombination of photogenerated charge carriers. In the present work, a novel g-C3N4/g-C3N4 metal-free homojunction photocatalyst was synthesized via hydrothermal polymerization. The g-C3N4/g-C3N4 derived from urea and thiourea demonstrated admirable photocatalytic activity towards rhodamine B (RhB) degradation upon irradiation of an 18 W LED light. The viability of the photoreaction with a low-powered excitation source highlighted the economic and environmental benefits of the process. The optimal g-C3N4/g-C3N4 homojunction photocatalyst exhibited a 2- and 1.8-fold increase in efficiency in relative to pristine g-C3N4 derived from urea and thiourea respectively. The enhanced photocatalytic performance is credited to the improved interfacial transfer and separation of electron-hole pairs across the homojunction interface. Furthermore, an excellent photochemical stability and durability is displayed by g-C3N4/g-C3N4 after three consecutive cycles. In addition, a plausible photocatalytic mechanism was proposed based on various scavenging tests. Overall, experimental results generated from this study is expected to intrigue novel research inspirations in developing metal-free homojunction photocatalysts to be feasible for large-scale wastewater treatment without compromising economically. Graphical abstract.
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, 62200, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, 62200, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- Multidisciplinary Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Multidisciplinary Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
- Entropic Interface Group, Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, 43900, Sunsuria City, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Multidisciplinary Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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Ladole MR, Pokale PB, Patil SS, Belokar PG, Pandit AB. Laccase immobilized peroxidase mimicking magnetic metal organic frameworks for industrial dye degradation. Bioresour Technol 2020; 317:124035. [PMID: 32871333 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In the present work, laccase was successfully immobilized in peroxidase mimicking magnetic metal organic frameworks (MMOFs) within 30 min using a facile approach. The integration of magnetic nanoparticles during synthesis significantly eases the separation of prepared biocatalyst using an external magnet. The immobilization of laccase was confirmed using different characterization techniques. The laccase@MMOFs found spherical in nature with an average particle size below 100 nm. The synthesized laccase embedded framework exhibits supermagnetic property with the saturation magnetization (Ms) of 34.12 emu/gm. The prepared bio-metallic frameworks maintain high surface area and thermal stability. The laccase@MMOFs was successfully exploited for the degradation of industrial dyes in batch and continuous mode with an average degradation efficiency of 95%. The prepared laccase structure had an excellent recyclability retaining upto 89% residual activity upto 10th cycle and can be stored at room temperature upto 30 days without any significant loss of activity.
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- Mayur Ramrao Ladole
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
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- Department of E & TC, Priyadarshini J.L. Chaturvedi College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur, India
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Rad TS, Ansarian Z, Soltani RDC, Khataee A, Orooji Y, Vafaei F. Sonophotocatalytic activities of FeCuMg and CrCuMg LDHs: Influencing factors, antibacterial effects, and intermediate determination. J Hazard Mater 2020; 399:123062. [PMID: 32534395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Herein, FeCuMg and CrCuMg layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized and their sonophotocatalytic activities toward Acid blue 113 (AB113) were compared. Sonolysis alone (only ultrasound) led to the decolorization efficiency of 13.0 %. A similar result was obtained in the case of the utilization of photolysis alone using a 10-W LED lamp (13.5 %). The adsorption process of AB113 onto both compounds was not efficient to significantly remove the target contaminant. The bandgap energy of 2.54 eV and 2.41 eV was calculated for FeCuMg and CrCuMg LDHs, respectively, indicating relatively higher photocatalytic activity of Cr-incorporated LDH than FeCuMg LDH. The sonophotocatalysis of AB113 (50 mg L-1) over CrCuMg LDH (81.1 %) was more efficient than that of FeCuMg LDH (57.3 %) within the reaction time of 60 min. Intermediate byproducts of the sonophotocatalytic decomposition of organic dye over the as-synthesized tri-metal layered sonophotocatalysts were also identified. Furthermore, the antibacterial activity of both LDHs was evaluated by the CFU technique and the MBC and MIC values were determined. The antibacterial assessment confirmed the higher antibacterial activity of CrCuMg LDH than that of FeCuMg LDH against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).
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- Tannaz Sadeghi Rad
- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, 38196-93345 Arak, Iran
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran; Department of Environmental Engineering, Gebze Technical University, 41400 Gebze, Turkey; Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Viet Nam.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Central Laboratory of the University of Tabriz, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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Bu T, Yang R, Zhang Y, Cai Y, Tang Z, Li C, Wu Q, Chen H. Improving decolorization of dyes by laccase from Bacillus licheniformis by random and site-directed mutagenesis. PeerJ 2020; 8:e10267. [PMID: 33240620 PMCID: PMC7666548 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dye wastewater increases cancer risk in humans. For the treatment of dyestuffs, biodegradation has the advantages of economy, high efficiency, and environmental protection compared with traditional physical and chemical methods. Laccase is the best candidate for dye degradation because of its multiple substrates and pollution-free products. METHODS Here, we modified the laccase gene of Bacillus licheniformis by error-prone PCR and site-directed mutagenesis and expressed in E. coli. The protein was purified by His-tagged protein purification kit. We tested the enzymatic properties of wild type and mutant laccase by single factor test, and further evaluated the decolorization ability of laccase to acid violet, alphazurine A, and methyl orange by spectrophotometry. RESULTS Mutant laccase Lacep69and D500G were superior to wild type laccase in enzyme activity, stability, and decolorization ability. Moreover, the laccase D500G obtained by site-directed mutagenesis had higher enzyme activity in both, and the specific activity of the purified enzyme was as high as 426.13 U/mg. Also, D500G has a higher optimum temperature of 70 °C and temperature stability, while it has a more neutral pH 4.5 and pH stability. D500G had the maximum enzyme activity at a copper ion concentration of 12 mM. The results of decolorization experiments showed that D500G had a strong overall decolorization ability, with a lower decolorization rate of 18% for methyl orange and a higher decolorization rate of 78% for acid violet. CONCLUSION Compared with the wild type laccase, the enzyme activity of D500G was significantly increased. At the same time, it has obvious advantages in the decolorization effect of different dyes. Also, the advantages of temperature and pH stability increase its tolerance to the environment of dye wastewater.
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- Tongliang Bu
- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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Filho AHDS, Candeias FS, da Silva SC, Vicentini FC, Assumpção MHMT, Brown A, de Souza GLC. Photoinduced degradation of indigo carmine: insights from a computational investigation. J Mol Model 2020; 26:309. [PMID: 33084954 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04567-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In this work, we present a computational investigation on the photoexcitation of indigo carmine (IC). Physical insights regarding IC photoexcitation and photolysis were obtained from a fundamental perspective through quantum chemistry computations. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to investigate the ground state while its time-dependent formalism (TD-DFT) was used for probing excited state properties, such as vertical excitation energies, generalized oscillator strengths (GOS), and structures. All the computations were undertaken using two different approaches: M06-2X/6-311+G(d,p) and CAM-B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p), in water. Results determined using both methods are in systematic agreement. For instance, the first singlet excited state was found at 2.28 eV (with GOS = 0.4730) and 2.19 eV (GOS = 0.4695) at the TD-DFT/CAM-B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) and TD-DFT/M06-2X/6-311+G(d,p) levels of theory, respectively. Excellent agreement was observed between the computed and the corresponding experimental UV-Vis spectra. Moreover, results suggest IC undergoes photodecomposition through excited state chemical reaction rather than via a direct photolysis path. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first to tackle the photoexcitation, and its potential connections to photodegradation, of IC from a fundamental chemical perspective, being presented with expectations to motivate further studies.
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Karuppusamy I, Samuel MS, Selvarajan E, Shanmugam S, Sahaya Murphin Kumar P, Brindhadevi K, Pugazhendhi A. Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of mixed calcium magnesium oxide (CaMgO 2) nanoflakes for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 584:770-778. [PMID: 33189317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.09.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In the present study, mixed calcium magnesium oxide (CaMgO2) nanoflakes were synthesized using an ultrasound-assisted co-precipitation method. The physicochemical, structural and functional properties and elemental composition of the nanoflakes had been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-VIS spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopy. Moreover, the photocatalytic actions of the nanoflakes were evaluated by the removal rates of methylene blue (MB) and p-nitrophenol (4-NP) under UV irradiation at room temperature. SEM-EDS studies revealed that the nanoflakes consisted of mixed oxide such as magnesium oxide (MgO) and calcium oxide (CaO) particles. The size of the nanoflakes was found to be in the range of 10-30 nm and the average size was 25 nm as confirmed by HR-TEM analysis. XRD revealed that the standard crystal size was calculated to be 25 nm. The synthesized nanoflakes had a strong photocatalytic activity for methylene blue (MB) and p-nitrophenol (4-NP) degradation in the presence of H2O2 under UV light irradiation within 60 min and 30 min, respectively. Hence, the present study proposes that the CaMgO2 nanoflakes can be employed for the removal of dyes from wastewater.
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- Indira Karuppusamy
- Corrosion Science and Technology Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, School of Bioengineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400044, China; Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Viet Nam.
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- Innovative Green Product Synthesis and Renewable Environment Development Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Dayanidhi K, Vadivel P, Jothi S, Eusuff NS. Facile synthesis of Silver@Eggshell nanocomposite: A heterogeneous catalyst for the removal of heavy metal ions, toxic dyes and microbial contaminants from water. J Environ Manage 2020; 271:110962. [PMID: 32778272 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, silver nanoparticles have been synthesized with an average particle size of 35 nm, within 90s, using microwave and Sapindus mukorossi extract as a stabilizing agent. The AgNps were surface immobilized on eggshells (ES) to obtain Ag@ES, which was characterized by UV-Vis, UV-DRS, FT-IR, ICP-OES, TGA-DSC, SEM-EDX, XRD and XPS. Its applicability as an environmental catalyst was evaluated by Cr (VI) adsorption, photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange, eriochrome black-T, methylene blue, rhodamine-B as model dyes and microbial inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. The results revealed that Ag@ES exhibited maximum adsorption capacity of 93 mg/g for Cr (VI) ion and degradation efficiency of ~90-98% for removing anionic and cationic dyes. Further, it showed a minimum inhibitory concentration of 15.6, 7.8 and 31.2 μg/mL for S. aureus, E. coli and C. albicans respectively. Moreover, the Ag@ES being a heterogeneous catalyst can be regenerated and reused without significant loss in its efficiency.
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- Kalaivani Dayanidhi
- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Chemistry, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Bargozideh S, Tasviri M, Ghabraei M. Effect of carbon nanotubes loading on the photocatalytic activity of BiSI/BiOI as a novel photocatalyst. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:36754-36764. [PMID: 32564326 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09759-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this paper, a simple hydrothermal method is employed to synthesize BiSI/BiOI/CNT nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic activity. The properties of the prepared samples were studied using nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm, photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The loading amount of CNT had a significant influence on the photoactivity of the BiSI/BiOI/CNT composite. In this study, several BiSI/BiOI/CNT nanocomposite samples with various mass ratios of CNT were made-up for further investigation to scrutinize the influence of CNT content on the photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite. Photocatalysis measurements revealed that 2% Wt of CNT possesses the highest photocatalytic activity in the visible light irradiation with 93.1% photodegradation of malachite green (MG) as a test dye. The enhanced photocatalytic performance can be due to the large surface area, excellent conductivity performance, and high absorption ability in the visible light region. The synergistic effect of the factors mentioned above makes BiSI/BiOI/CNT nanocomposite a high-performance photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. An appropriate reaction mechanism of dye photodegradation has suggested according to the result of active species trapping experiments.
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- Samin Bargozideh
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, P. O. Box, Tehran, 19839-63113, Iran
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, P. O. Box, Tehran, 19839-63113, Iran.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, P. O. Box, Tehran, 19839-63113, Iran
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Lourthuraj AA, Selvam MM, Hussain MS, Abdel-Warith AWA, Younis EM, Al-Asgah NA. Dye degradation, antimicrobial and larvicidal activity of silver nanoparticles biosynthesized from Cleistanthus collinus. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:1753-1759. [PMID: 32565692 PMCID: PMC7296484 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The present study aimed in green synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the leaves of Cleistanthus collinus. The NPs showed various absorption peaks between 3402 cm-1 and 1063 cm-1. FTIR spectrum revealed the presence of OH group, alkene, aromatic hydrocarbon, aliphatic fluro compound and aliphatic chloro compounds. Scanning electron microscopic analysis revealed the particle size ranged from 30 to 50 nm. The biosynthesized NPs have potent activity against Shigella dysentriae, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and the zone of inhibition was 21 ± 1, 20 ± 2, 16 ± 2 mm, respectively. Toxicity of the synthesized NPs was tested on green gram (Vigna radiata) seed at various concentrations (20-100%) and germination was induced by NPs treated seeds. Shoot length and root length was higher in NPs treated plant than control plant (p < 0.01). Elevated level of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and about 13% CAT and 7% SOD activity registered than control. Superoxide dismutase activity of root and shoot varied based on the dosage of AgNPs (p < 0.01). Also, the NPs (1%) showed significant larvicidal activity on Aedes aegypti and 100% mortality was achieved after 24 h treatment. The green synthesized NPs reduced methylene blue and 4-nitrophenol significantly (p < 0.01). The colouration of methylene blue and 4-nitrophenol were considerably reduced after 60 min showed the potential of dye degrading ability.
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- A. Amala Lourthuraj
- Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Chennai, India
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadj 11451, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadj 11451, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadj 11451, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
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Narendhran S, Shakila PB, Manikandan M, Vinoth V, Rajiv P. Spectroscopic investigation on photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange using Fe 2O 3/WO 3/FeWO 4 nanomaterials. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2020; 232:118164. [PMID: 32106029 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, iron oxide (Fe2O3), tungsten oxide (WO3) and iron-tungstate oxide (FeWO4) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by simple precipitation, acid precipitation, and hydrothermal method respectively. All the spectroscopic analysis reveals that as-synthesized NPs are crystalline with a z-average size of 342, 313 and 373 d.nm respectively. The element compositions, shape and size of the NPs were identified with the help of SEM with EDX analysis. FTIR analysis concluded that the presence of functional groups on the surface of NPs and which responsible for capping and formation of NPs. Besides, the as-synthesized NPs have been used as a photocatalyst for the degradation of Methyl Orange (MO) dye under visible irradiation. FeWO4 NPs (98%) show more effective in the degradation of MO as compared to other NPs. Moreover, the degraded MO and its by-products were used to assess their toxicity on Vigna radiata and RAW 264.7 cell line and which were confirmed that degraded by-products were non-hazardous.
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- S Narendhran
- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 641 008, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 641 008, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 641 008, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 641 008, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore-21, Tamilnadu, India.
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Dargahi M, Masteri-Farahani M, Shahsavarifar S, Feizi M. Microemulsion-mediated preparation of Ce 2(MoO 4) 3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet in aqueous solution. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:12047-12054. [PMID: 31983007 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-07816-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Preparation of Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles is reported via the microemulsion method by using two different surfactants, i.e., cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100. The water pools produced in the microemulsion systems behave as nanoreactors for reaction of the cerium (3+) and molybdate ions to produce Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles. The structure and morphology of the products were characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The prepared Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles were successfully utilized as photocatalysts to remove crystal violet from aqueous solution in which the maximum percentage of dye degradation was about 89% after 5 h under the visible light irradiation. Also, kinetic study of the photocatalytic degradation revealed that pseudo-second order model is the best one for describing kinetic of the reaction.
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- Maryam Dargahi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 288, Qazvin, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 288, Qazvin, Iran
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Kumaran S, Ngo ACR, Schultes FPJ, Tischler D. Draft genome sequence of Kocuria indica DP-K7, a methyl red degrading actinobacterium. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:175. [PMID: 32226704 PMCID: PMC7090119 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-2136-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In the present study, we report the draft genome of soil isolate DP-K7 that has the potential to degrade methyl red. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing and whole-genome analysis exposed that the bacterial strain DP-K7 belongs to the species Kocuria indica. The genome annotation of the strain DP-K7 through the bioinformatics tool “Prokka” showed that the genome contains 3,010,594 bp with 69.01% GC content. The genome comprises 57 contigs including 2 rRNA genes, 47 tRNA genes, and 2754 CDS. The plate and broth assay showed that the strain DP-K7 has the potential to utilize methyl red as the sole carbon source for growth. Indeed, the RP-HPLC analysis proved that the strain DP-K7 is capable of degrading methyl red. The genome BLAST against a characterized azoreductase (AzoB—Xenophilus azovorans KF46F) revealed the presence of two azoreductase-like genes (azoKi-1 and azoKi-2). The phylogenetic analysis of the primary amino acid sequence of characterized azoreductases suggested that AzoKi-1 and AzoKi-2 belong to members of the clade IV azoreductase, which are flavin-independent. The multiple sequence alignment of AzoKi-1 and AzoKi-2 with flavin-independent azoreductases showed the presence of NAD(P)H binding like motif (GxxGxxG). In addition, other genes coding for dye degrading enzymes (SodC, SodA, KatA, KatE, and DyP2) were also found in the genome supporting that the strain K. indica DP-K7 is a potential azo dye degrader.
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- Selvapravin Kumaran
- Microbial Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Marimuthu S, Antonisamy AJ, Malayandi S, Rajendran K, Tsai PC, Pugazhendhi A, Ponnusamy VK. Silver nanoparticles in dye effluent treatment: A review on synthesis, treatment methods, mechanisms, photocatalytic degradation, toxic effects and mitigation of toxicity. J Photochem Photobiol B 2020; 205:111823. [PMID: 32120184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The current scenario of water resources shows the dominance of pollution caused by the draining of industrial effluents. The polluted waters have resulted in severe health and environmental hazards urging for a suitable alternative to resolve the implications. Various physical and chemical treatment steps currently in use for dye effluent treatment are more time consuming, cost-intensive, and less effective. Alternatively, nanoparticles due to their excellent surface properties and chemical reactivity have emerged as a better solution for dye removal and degradation. In this regard, the potential of silver nanoparticles in dye effluent treatment was greatly explored. Efforts were taken to unravel the kinetics and statistical optimization of the treatment conditions for the efficient removal of dyes. In addition, the role of silver nanocomposites has also experimented with colossal success. On the contrary, studies have also recognized the mechanisms of silver nanoparticle-mediated toxicity even at deficient concentrations and their deleterious biological effects when present in treated water. Hence, the fate of the silver nanoparticles released into the treated water and sludge, contaminating the soil, aquatic environment, and underground water is of significant concern. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the use of silver nanoparticles and silver-based nanocomposites in effluent treatment and comprehends the recent research on mitigation of silver nanoparticle-induced toxicity.
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- Sivasankari Marimuthu
- Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi 626 005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi 626 005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi 626 005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi 626 005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan
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- Innovative Green Product Synthesis and Renewable Environment Development Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan; Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
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Waimbo M, Anduwan G, Renagi O, Badhula S, Michael K, Park J, Velusamy S, Kim YS. Improved charge separation through H 2O 2 assisted copper tungstate for enhanced photocatalytic efficiency for the degradation of organic dyes under simulated sun light. J Photochem Photobiol B 2020; 204:111781. [PMID: 31981989 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In the recent years, copper tungstate (CuWO4) has been widely researched for its photocatalytic properties as it responds in the visible light range to augment the utilization of solar energy. In the present report, CuWO4 was synthesized through a facile and cost-effective solvothermal method, followed by annealing process at 700∘C. The structural, morphological, compositional and optical property of the synthesized powders were examined by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, UV-visible, Raman and photoluminescence studies. The photocatalytic activity of the nanostructured CuWO4 was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) in aqueous solution under one sun light irradiation. The degradation efficiency of MB was found to be about 70% while that of MO was only 57% at 240 min in the same irradiation time. Surprisingly, the degradation process was accelerated by the addition of electron capturing agent H2O2 and thus MB dye was completely degraded within the time interval of 30 min while MO degraded in 75 min. These results prove that CuWO4 nanoparticles possess significant photocatalytic activity towards MO and MB dyes, thus indicating the feasibility of using CuWO4 for the active treatment of organic contaminants in the industrial effluents.
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- Mathew Waimbo
- Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Physics and Energy Harvest-Storage Research Center, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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- Department of Physics and Energy Harvest-Storage Research Center, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea.
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Luo M, Li M, Jiang S, Shao H, Razal J, Wang D, Fang J. Supported growth of inorganic-organic nanoflowers on 3D hierarchically porous nanofibrous membrane for enhanced enzymatic water treatment. J Hazard Mater 2020; 381:120947. [PMID: 31394395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Organic-inorganic nanoflower is a new type of functional material that can effectively immobilize a wide range of enzymes to form flower-like structures for various enzymatic applications with enhanced catalytic performance and stability. In order to avoid the processing inconvenience and flower structure damage caused by the particular form of these hybrid nanoflowers during material fabrication and catalytic application, different substrates have been used to carry out supported growth of hybrid nanoflowers. However, all previously used substrates have only 2-dimensional feature and only incorporate hybrid nanoflowers on surface with limited nanoflower loading. In this study, three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanofibrous PVA-co-PE membranes (HPNM) are prepared by a simple template method for effectively immobilizing laccase-Cu2(PO4)3•3H2O hybrid nanoflowers. Compared with dense nanofibre membrane with only small sized pores (<1 micron), the coexistence of both small and large sized (30-80 microns) pores of HPNM could significantly increase the nanoflower density and allow the penetrated growth of hybrid nanoflowers into the inner structure of the membrane. The hybrid nanoflower containing hierarchically porous nanofibrous membranes (HNF-HPNM) show excellent catalytic performance in degrading different types of textile dyes (reactive blue 2, acid blue 25, acid yellow 76 and indigo carmine), with a degradation efficiency of ˜99.5% for indigo carmine. In addition, the HNF-HPNM could be reused at least 14 times for indigo carmine degradation, with a negligible degradation efficiency drop from 99.48% to 98.52%. These results indicate that hierarchically porous nanofibrous membrane can be a promising type of materials for supported hybrid nanoflower growth for practical applications such as waste water treatment, dye degradation and biosensing.
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- Mengying Luo
- Institute of Science and Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China; Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Institute of Science and Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Application, Wuhan 430200, China.
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- Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Institute of Science and Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials & Application, Wuhan 430200, China
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- Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia.
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Du Y, Ma H, Huang L, Pan Y, Huang J, Liu Y. Electrochemical characteristics of the decolorization of three dyes by laccase mediator system (LMS) with synthetic and natural mediators. Chemosphere 2020; 239:124779. [PMID: 31521934 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Laccase mediator system (LMS), a very attractive candidate for refractory organics biodegradation, harbors tremendous potential on industry application. However, the performance of LMS usually varies with the discrepancy of mediators and substrates in their chemical structures. Here, we adopt electrochemical analysis that is able to assess the degradation performance of various LMS on three different dyes by quantitative analysis of reaction outcome. Two mechanisms were suggested to explain the grafting of three mediators (1-Hydroxybenzotriazole, Violuric Acid and Acetosyringone), involving the transformation of proton or electron to produce active moieties, which subsequently react with target substrates. A thorough electrochemical insight into the redox features of mediators and its change in the presence of laccase and substrates were carried out using electrochemical analysis. The effectiveness of each kind of LMS on substrates was preliminarily evaluated by analyzing the change of the peak current and potential of mediators. The actual conversion rate of dyes was used to verify the analysis results, which confirms the important role of the stability of the oxidized form as well as their redox potential of the mediators in determining the mechanism of substrate oxidation. The application of electrochemical analysis in efficiency evaluation of LMS shed new light on effective selection of suitable mediators for degradation of refractory organics. It was therefore possible to prejudge the efficacy of LMS by analyzing the electrochemical parameters of target substances and mediators, which undoubtedly has broad further application prospects of LMS.
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- Yiwen Du
- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Sarkar S, Ponce NT, Banerjee A, Bandopadhyay R, Rajendran S, Lichtfouse E. Green polymeric nanomaterials for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes: a review. Environ Chem Lett 2020; 18:1569-1580. [PMID: 32837482 PMCID: PMC7293757 DOI: 10.1007/s10311-020-01021-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Pure and drinkable water will be rarer and more expensive as the result of pollution induced by industrialisation, urbanisation and population growth. Among the numerous sources of water pollution, the textile industry has become a major issue because effluents containing dyes are often released in natural water bodies. For instance, about two years are needed to biodegrade dye-derived, carcinogenic aromatic amines, in sediments. Classical remediation methods based upon physicochemical reactions are costly and still generate sludges that contain amine residues. Nonetheless, recent research shows that nanomaterials containing biopolymers are promising to degrade organic pollutants by photocatalysis. Here, we review the synthesis and applications of biopolymeric nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes. We focus on conducting biopolymers incorporating metal, metal oxide, metal/metal oxide and metal sulphide for improved biodegradation. Biopolymers can be obtained from microorganisms, plants and animals. Unlike fossil-fuel-derived polymers, biopolymers are carbon neutral and thus sustainable in the context of global warming. Biopolymers are often biodegradable and biocompatible.
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- Shrabana Sarkar
- UGC-Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal 713104 India
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- School of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- UGC-Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal 713104 India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Paul T, Das D, Das BK, Sarkar S, Maiti S, Chattopadhyay KK. CsPbBrCl 2/g-C 3N 4 type II heterojunction as efficient visible range photocatalyst. J Hazard Mater 2019; 380:120855. [PMID: 31325693 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photocatalytic activity of low band gap semiconductor largely restrained by high recombination rate of photogenerated charge carriers. To enhance the catalytic performance numerous protocols were adopted amongst which designing of novel hybrid via coupling of semiconductors are very intriguing from modest application point of view. Here, we report facile realization of type II heterojunctions embracing polymeric graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4/GCN) and all-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite (CsPbBrCl2) for degradation complex organic effluents under visible-light illumination. Synthesized hybrid presented much improved performance in toxic cationic and anionic dyes degradation as compared to individual building units. Signature of favorable staggered gap junction's formation at interface was confirmed via Mott-Schottky analysis. Such kind of junctions delay the recombination of photogenerated electron holes and facilitates active radical generation at catalyst surface thereby ensures improved photocatalytic performance. Charge transfer process in heterojunction further illustrated via Density functional theory (DFT) based calculations. Several scavenger tests have been performed to examine the impact of different active radicals in the photocatalysis which suggests manifold performance improvement in the presence of very small concentrations of EDTA. A plausible photocatalytic mechanism in accordance with the type II junction has been proposed.
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- Tufan Paul
- School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- St. Thomas College of Engineering & Technology, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India; Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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Dabirvaziri B, Givianrad MH, Sourinejad I, Moradi AM, Mostafavi PG. A simple and effective synthesis of magnetic γ-Fe 2O 3@SiO 2@TiO 2-Ag microspheres as a recyclable photocatalyst: dye degradation and antibacterial potential. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2019; 17:949-960. [PMID: 32030165 PMCID: PMC6985320 DOI: 10.1007/s40201-019-00410-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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PURPOSE AND METHODS In this study, an effective technique for synthesizing γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2-Ag magnetically separable photocatalyst was introduced by combining co-precipitation, sol-gel, and photo-deposition methods. A series of analyses including FTIR, SEM, EDS, XRD, and VSM were applied to characterize the prepared materials and the investigations on photocatalytic activity of the prepared composites were accomplished. RESULTS Compared to bare γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2, the Ag-doped composite was more active in terms of photocatalytic characteristics. By applying γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2-Ag, the decomposition rate of the Basic blue 41 reached to about 94% after 3 h of UV irradiation; this rate was 63% for pure γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2. The results indicated that the dye degradation kinetics followed first-order kinetic model. During the five cycles of separation, it was observed that the Ag-doped composite was greatly effective and stable in terms of recycling. Moreover, the results indicated that antibacterial activity of γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2-Ag was remarkably stronger than that of pure Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2 particles. CONCLUSION It was concluded that by modifying magnetic TiO2 by silver nanoparticles, charge separation was eased by catching photo-generated electrons, resulted in an enhanced photo- and biological activity. Graphical abstract.
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- Bahareh Dabirvaziri
- Department of Marine Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Marine Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Marine Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Tang S, Li N, Yuan D, Tang J, Li X, Zhang C, Rao Y. Comparative study of persulfate oxidants promoted photocatalytic fuel cell performance: Simultaneous dye removal and electricity generation. Chemosphere 2019; 234:658-667. [PMID: 31234083 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Introducing peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and peroxydisulfate (PDS) into the photocatalytic fuel cell (PFC) system were investigated by comparing the Reactive Brilliant Blue (KN-R) degradation and synchronous electricity production. The two persulfates (PS) themselves are strong oxidant, and could be activated and as electron sacrificial agent in the PFCs, facilitating the photoelectrocatalysis and expanding redox to the entire cell space. Hence, the two established PFC/PS systems manifested prominent cell performances, enhancing the KN-R decomposition and electric power production relative to the virgin PFC. Thereinto, the KN-R removal rate of PFC/PMS was faster than that of PFC/PDS, but an opposite trend appeared in the electricity generation. Besides, the cell performances of the two cooperative systems were evaluated at different operation conditions, including PS dosage, solution pH, and irradiation strength. Moreover, the dye elimination principle was explored by radicals scavenging experiment, and the consequence revealed that hydroxyl radical (HO•), sulfate radical (SO4•-) and singlet oxygen were chief active species in the PFC/PMS, and HO•, SO4•- and superoxide anion played the key roles in the PFC/PDS. Furthermore, the calculated economic indicator demonstrated that the economy of the two synergistic processes were greater than that of UV/PS and solo PFC, and the PFC/PDS was more cost-effective than PFC/PMS.
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- Shoufeng Tang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China.
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, PR China
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Gui L, Peng J, Li P, Peng R, Yu P, Luo Y. Electrochemical degradation of dye on TiO 2 nanotube array constructed anode. Chemosphere 2019; 235:1189-1196. [PMID: 31561310 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A high oxygen evolution potential (2.6V) and conductivity of Ti/TiO2 NTs/Ta2O5-PbO2 anode was fabricated by mixed metal oxide. A well-aligned TiO2 nanotubes was successfully prepared by using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as the electrolyte. The surface structure of anodes were characterized by scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. During the electrochemical degradation experiments, the effects of different anodes, current density, initial pH value and concentration were discussed. The results showed that co-doped Ta2O5 coating is an effective method to improve the surface morphology and the electrochemical characterization of Ti/TiO2 NTs/PbO2. At the initial pH value of 3 and current density of 12 mA cm-2, the removal rates of Acid Orange 7 and total organic carbon with Ti/TiO2 NTs/Ta2O5-PbO2 anode were almost 100% and 98.3%. Comparing with Ti/PbO2 anode at the same charge consumption (3 A h L-1), the instantaneous current efficiency of the Ti/TiO2 NTs/Ta2O5-PbO2 anode and Ti/TiO2 NTs/PbO2 anode increased by 40.0% and 27.1%, respectively. The highest rate of k.OH on Ti/TiO2 NTs/Ta2O5-PbO2 anode was 12.4 μmol (L min)-1. The organic dyes are oxidized into CO2 and H2O by .OH radical. The reaction process and mechanism during the electrochemical degradation were discussed.
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- Lin Gui
- College of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Xinjiang Energy Co., LTD, Wulumuqi, 830000, People's Republic of China
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- Xinjiang Energy Co., LTD, Wulumuqi, 830000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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Iark D, Buzzo AJDR, Garcia JAA, Côrrea VG, Helm CV, Corrêa RCG, Peralta RA, Peralta Muniz Moreira RDF, Bracht A, Peralta RM. Enzymatic degradation and detoxification of azo dye Congo red by a new laccase from Oudemansiella canarii. Bioresour Technol 2019; 289:121655. [PMID: 31247524 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A single laccase with molecular weight of 41 kDa was produced by the white-rot fungus Oudemansiella canarii cultured on solid state fermentation using a mixture of sugarcane bagasse-wheat bran as substrate. The enzyme (5 U) was able to decolourize 80% of 50 mg/L Congo red within 24 h at 30 °C and pH 5.5. The relationship between the decolorization rate and dye concentration obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with KM and Vmax values of 46.180 ± 6.245 µM and 1.840 ± 0.101 µmol/min, respectively. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and mass spectrometry allowed to conclude that the laccase acts not only on the dye chromophore group, but also that it cleaves different covalent bonds, causing an effective fragmentation of the molecule. The action of the laccase caused a significant reduction in toxicity, as indicated by the Microtox test. In conclusion, O. canarii laccase could be useful in future biological strategies aiming at degrading azo dyes.
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- Daiane Iark
- Graduate Program in Environmental Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil; Graduate Program in Food Science, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil; Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil; Graduate Program in Food Science, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil.
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Singhal A, Gupta A. Sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles using exposed X-ray sheets and forest-industrial waste biomass: Assessment of kinetic and catalytic properties for degradation of toxic dyes mixture. J Environ Manage 2019; 247:698-711. [PMID: 31279147 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Silver being the precious metal, its recovery from the waste and utilization is a worthy attempt. The present study represents a very promising sustainable approach for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), where prime raw materials are waste products (silver metal extracted from waste X-ray sheets and Sal deoiled seed cake (DOC), a plant-based waste as reducing-capping agent). Upon reaction of silver nitrate extracted from waste X-ray sheets and Sal DOC extract at room temperature, the characteristic yellowish-brown color appeared within 30 min. Peak at 485-495 in UV-visible spectrophotometer confirmed the synthesis of AgNPs. X-ray waste synthesized (XRWS) AgNPs were polycrystalline in nature and have face centered cubic (fcc) lattice. Majority of them were polygonal in shape (size range 30-150 nm) with some flower like aggregates as revealed by Transmission Electron Microscope. The XRWS-AgNPs were stabilized by organic groups adhered to their surface and had good stability with a zeta potential of -27.60 mV. These XRWS-AgNPs could work as an efficient catalyst for the reduction of five selected azo dyes individually as well as mixture of these dyes. The degraded products of the individual dyes were identified using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy. Experimental values obtained for dye degradation study were fitted with first and second order linear kinetic model to know about rate of the reaction.
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- Anjum Singhal
- University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector - 16C, Dwarka, Delhi, 110078, India
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- University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector - 16C, Dwarka, Delhi, 110078, India.
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He S, Xiao K, Chen XZ, Li T, Ouyang T, Wang Z, Guo ML, Liu ZQ. Enhanced photoelectrocatalytic activity of direct Z-scheme porous amorphous carbon nitride/manganese dioxide nanorod arrays. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 557:644-654. [PMID: 31561081 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Carbon nitride (C3N4) is a promising photocatalyst that can be applied in environmental remediation and energy conversion. However, the absorption range and charge separation efficiency of C3N4 are still severely restricted for its large-scale practical applications. Herein, we demonstrate a simple thermal polymerization and electrodeposition method, followed by partial etching strategy to synthesize direct Z-scheme porous zinc oxide/amorphous carbon nitride/manganese dioxide hybrid core-shell nanorod array (denoted as P-ZnO/ACN/MnO2) by encapsulating amorphous carbon nitride layers (ACN) and manganese dioxide nanosheets (MnO2) on the zinc oxide nanorod arrays (denoted as ZnO). Interestingly, ZnO serves as the collector of charge carriers and MnO2 plays a significant role in protecting ACN from corrosion. The as-prepared Z-scheme P-ZnO/ACN/MnO2 heterojunction exhibits high photocurrent density of 5.2 mA cm-2 at 0.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl, high photoconversion efficiency 0.98%, and universal photoelectrocatalytic degradation activity for degradation of organic dyes under visible light irradiation. The band gap energy and conduction band position of ZnO, ACN and MnO2 are calculated by UV-visible diffuse reflection and Mott-Schottky measurement, which strongly support the direct Z-scheme charge carrier migration mechanism. This finding provides an efficient strategy to construct highly active and stable C3N4-based Z-scheme photocatalytic system.
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- Shi He
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biomedicine/School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Guangzhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biomedicine/School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Xu X, Yang Y, Zhao X, Zhao H, Lu Y, Jiang C, Shao D, Shi J. Recovery of gold from electronic wastewater by Phomopsis sp. XP-8 and its potential application in the degradation of toxic dyes. Bioresour Technol 2019; 288:121610. [PMID: 31181461 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Environmentally friendly, efficient, and economical methods of gold recovery are significant challenges for high-tech industries and environmental protection. In this study, Phomopsis sp. XP-8, a filamentous endophytic fungus, demonstrated great potential for selectively recovering gold from electronic wastewater without any pretreatment and was shown to be convenient and safe in practical application. Under optimum conditions, the gold recovery rate was more than 80% at a dilute concentration of Au3+. Model-fitting analysis indicated the adsorption of Au3+ was well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum Au3+ adsorption was from 208 to 280 mg/g within the temperature range of 20-50 °C. The data from electronic wastewater revealed its great potential for selective recovery of gold from complex aqueous solutions. Additionally, the formed nanogold-bioconjugates exhibited efficient degradation of toxic dyes in wastewater, which demonstrated the potential application of these byproducts produced via the biosorption process.
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- Xiaoguang Xu
- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710072, China.
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Kaliraj L, Ahn JC, Rupa EJ, Abid S, Lu J, Yang DC. Synthesis of panos extract mediated ZnO nano-flowers as photocatalyst for industrial dye degradation by UV illumination. J Photochem Photobiol B 2019; 199:111588. [PMID: 31450132 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.111588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Green synthesis of zinc oxide has gained extensive attention as a reliable, sustainable, and eco-friendly protocol to reduce the destructive effects associated with the traditional synthesis methods commonly utilized in laboratory and industry. Here for the first time, we have synthesized quaker ladies flower type ZnO (ZnO/QNF) from panos extract (extract from four panax plants such as Panax ginseng, Acanthopanax senticosus, Kalopanax septemlobus and Dendropanax morbifera). The synthesized ZnO materials was characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Transmission electron microscope. The newly synthesized ZnO/QNF was applied for the removal of industrial dyes such as methylene blue (MB), Eosin Y (EY) and Malachite green (MG) under UV illumination. The photocatalyst degraded the 15 mg L-1 MB, EY and MG to >99% within 80, 90 and 110 min of contact time, respectively. In addition, the ZnO/QNF photocatalyst removed the low concentrated 5 mg L-1 of MB, EY, and MG within 30, 35 and 40 min of contact time, respectively. The pedal structure provided all the active sites available for the easy interaction with dye molecule under UV, and that enabled fast kinetics of dye degradation than the many other benchmark materials reported previously. The ZnO photocatalyst could be reused minimum of five cycles without any significant loss in degradation efficiency.
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- Lalitha Kaliraj
- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea; Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea.
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Collivignarelli MC, Abbà A, Carnevale Miino M, Damiani S. Treatments for color removal from wastewater: State of the art. J Environ Manage 2019; 236:727-745. [PMID: 30772730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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It is evident from many recent papers that release of colored wastewater into the environment is source of pollution and this is a problem that particularly affect textile, dyeing and food industries. The review: (i) presents an analysis of various mechanisms involved in the different processes for color removal; (ii) describes conveniences and disadvantages that may exist in adopting one type of treatment in spite of another; (iii) reports the results of approximately 180 experimental tests. Both examples of treatments already widely applied to the real scale and still in the experimental phase are reported. This work focuses on different types of chemical/physical, chemical, electrochemical and biological processes applied in the field of color removal from industrial wastewater. Common chemical/physical treatments such as coagulation/flocculation, adsorption and membrane filtration as well as chemical-type processes are discussed, both those that exploit the traditional oxidizing chemical agents such as Ozone, H2O2 and reactive based on chlorine and those based on the principle of advanced chemical oxidation. In particular, both Hydroxyl radical based Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) and Sulfate radical based AOPs are reported. The most commonly used Electrochemical processes for the removal of color are also presented as well as biological treatments. Based on more than 200 papers, this review provides important information on the use, effectiveness, advantages and downsides of the various treatments aimed at removing the color from the wastewater with a look at the technologies still under development.
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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Farshchi ME, Aghdasinia H, Khataee A. Heterogeneous Fenton reaction for elimination of Acid Yellow 36 in both fluidized-bed and stirred-tank reactors: Computational fluid dynamics versus experiments. Water Res 2019; 151:203-214. [PMID: 30594832 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Heterogeneous Fenton process is a kind of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) that is significant for wastewater treatment. In the first part of this study, acid yellow 36 (AY36) degradation process has occurred in two kinds of reactors: fluidized-bed and stirred-tank reactors. Performances of these two semi-pilot reactors are compared by evaluating the removal ratio of the dye and pH changes during the process. Pyrite has been used as a heterogeneous catalyst. For obtaining the characteristics of pyrite, XRD, SEM, and FT-IR analysis have been carried out. In the second part of this study, a modified computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has been utilized to solve the momentum and mass balances for heterogeneous Fenton process in both reactors. In AOPs, free radicals are reactive and have a short lifetime, so that turbulence mixing would be a limiting factor for the reactions that radicals are involved. By introducing a new parameter, named turbulence mixing rate, as a reaction rate for reactive species like hydroxyl radicals, the results of removal ratio and pH changes during the process showed a good agreement between the experiments and the CFD simulations, compared with not including the mixing rate in the CFD simulations (conventional kinetic modeling). In addition, the results revealed the high performance of the fluidized-bed reactor for this process in both experiments and CFD simulation.
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- Mahdi Ebrahimi Farshchi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471, Tabriz, Iran
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Khan ZUH, Sadiq HM, Shah NS, Khan AU, Muhammad N, Hassan SU, Tahir K, Safi SZ, Khan FU, Imran M, Ahmad N, Ullah F, Ahmad A, Sayed M, Khalid MS, Qaisrani SA, Ali M, Zakir A. Greener synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Trianthema portulacastrum extract and evaluation of its photocatalytic and biological applications. J Photochem Photobiol B 2019; 192:147-57. [PMID: 30738346 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) through "green" chemistry is an exciting area of research with wide applications. Trianthema portulacastrum's extract containing greater amount of reducing agents has been explored first time for the synthesis of ZnO-NPs that characterized with UV/Vis, XRD, FT-IR, SEM,EDX, HR-TEM and XPS. The particles of ZnO-NPs are crystalline and having the size in the range of 25-90 nm. The cell viability of ZnO-NPs was studied using Mouse pre-osteoblast cell line MC3T3-E1 sub-clone 14 cells which confirmed its biocompatibility that render for biomedical applications. The antibacterial properties were evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli which showed high potency of synthesized ZnO-NPs against these species. The antifungal activities of ZnO-NPs were screened against Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus of fungal species. The antioxidant activity of the as-synthesized NPs was also studied using DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) substrate. The ZnO-NPs were evaluated for catalytic activity through degradation of Synozol Navy Blue-KBF textile dye using solar irradiation that causes 91% degradation of the dye in 159 min. Mechanistic pathways for the degradation of Synozol Navy Blue-KBF dye using ZnO-NPs were also proposed from the pattern of the degradation of the dye and the resulting by-products. The results concluded that the ZnO-NPs synthesized by green method have high biological and photocatalytic applications.
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Nordin N, Ho LN, Ong SA, Ibrahim AH, Lee SL, Ong YP. Elucidating the effects of different photoanode materials on electricity generation and dye degradation in a sustainable hybrid system of photocatalytic fuel cell and peroxi-coagulation process. Chemosphere 2019; 214:614-622. [PMID: 30292044 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The hybrid system of photocatalytic fuel cell - peroxi-coagulation (PFC-PC) is a sustainable and green technology to degrade organic pollutants and generate electricity simultaneously. In this study, three different types of photocatalysts: TiO2, ZnO and α-Fe2O3 were immobilized respectively on carbon cloth (CC), and applied as photoanodes in the photocatalytic fuel cell of this hybrid system. Photocatalytic fuel cell was employed to drive a peroxi-coagulation process by generating the external voltage accompanying with degrading organic pollutants under UV light irradiation. The degradation efficiency of Amaranth dye and power output in the hybrid system of PFC-PC were evaluated by applying different photoanode materials fabricated in this study. In addition, the effect of light on the photocurrent of three different photoanode materials was investigated. In the absence of light, the reduction of photocurrent percentage was found to be 69.7%, 17.3% and 93.2% in TiO2/CC, ZnO/CC and α-Fe2O3/CC photoanodes, respectively. A maximum power density (1.17 mWcm-2) and degradation of dye (93.8%) at PFC reactor were achieved by using ZnO/CC as photoanode. However, the different photoanode materials at PFC showed insignificant difference in dye degradation trend in the PC reactor. Meanwhile, the degradation trend of Amaranth at PFC reactor was influenced by the recombination rate, electron mobility and band gap energy of photocatalyst among different photoanode materials.
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- Noradiba Nordin
- Center for Frontier Materials Research, School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Center for Frontier Materials Research, School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia, Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia, Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Center for Frontier Materials Research, School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Center for Frontier Materials Research, School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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Said MI, El-Said AI, Aly AAM, Abou-Taleb A. Ultrasound assisted facile synthesis of Mn(II) and Cu(II) coordination polymers and their use as precursors for α-Mn 3O 4 and CuO nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties. Ultrason Sonochem 2018; 46:68-78. [PMID: 29739514 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A self-assembly of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate with Cu(II) and Mn(II) under ultrasonic and microwave irradiation gave the two coordination polymers [Cu(PDA)(H2O)1.5]n (1) and [Mn(PDA)(H2O)1.5]n (2). Their structures were characterized using IR, elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and spectroscopic methods. The corresponding α-Mn3O4 and CuO nanoparticles were synthesized by calcination of 1 and 2 in air at 600 °C. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals a sphere-like morphology for the Mn3O4 nanoparticles. Shrinkage of the particle size from 90 nm (by conventional synthesis of the precursor) to 19 nm (ultrasonic-assisted) takes place, indicating the great effect of ultrasonication. CuO nanoparticles were of semispherical (conventional and ultrasonic-assisted methods) and hexagonal shapes (microwave irradiation) with an average diameter of 7, 15 and 25 nm, respectively. The catalytic performance of the coordination polymers towards degradation of methylene blue and methyl orange in the presence of hydrogen peroxide was studied. Using the same dose, catalyst 1 proved to be more efficient in color removal of both MB and MO than catalyst 2 did. Recycling test for 2 showed that it is a recyclable catalyst with no structural changes over three recycling experiments.
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- Mohamed I Said
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt.
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt
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Han X, Han Z, Li J, Zhao J, Zhao X. Coordinative integration of copper (II) and iron (II) phthalocyanine into amidoximated PAN fiber for enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 533:333-43. [PMID: 30172144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.08.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Metal phthalocyanine (MPc) complexes hold great promise for photocatalysis applications because of their high visible light harvesting efficiency and semiconductive properties. However, the effective development requires the suppression of their rapid charge recombination. Transition metal ions can act as electron traps to enhance the charge separation of semiconductors, but challenges still remain for bimetallic co-catalysis of MPc due to the difficulties in the combination between them. Herein, we proposed a new approach to enable the assisted metal ions to interact with MPc through fibrous support, constructing a novel bimetallic photocatalyst via simultaneously immobilizing iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) and Cu(II) onto the surface of amidoximated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber. Taking the photodegradation of organic dyes as model reactions, this bimetallic catalyst achieves much higher photoactivity than that of the monometallic FePc catalyst, and effectively converts surface H2O2 into hydroxyl radicals rather than superoxide radicals and high-valent metal-oxo species. The Cu(II) not only enables the transfer of photoexcited electrons from FePc, but also promotes the running of Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycle to boost reactive radicals generation through H2O2 activation. The strategy of coupling Cu(II) with MPc through fibrous support provides a facile and promising solution for the advancement of MPc-based photocatalysis via visible light energy.
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Guo F, Lu J, Liu Q, Zhang P, Zhang A, Cai Y, Wang Q. Degradation of Acid Orange 7 by peroxymonosulfate activated with the recyclable nanocomposites of g-C 3N 4 modified magnetic carbon. Chemosphere 2018; 205:297-307. [PMID: 29704837 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Carbon-based catalysts have attracted high attention since they are greener and cheaper, while magnetic nanomaterials are very useful in environmental application because of the easy recovery and operation given by the magnetic separability. Therefore, graphitic carbon nitride modified magnetic carbon nanocomposites Fe3O4@C/g-C3N4 was prepared herein for the first time as a new carbon-based catalyst for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS). The catalytic properties of Fe3O4@C/g-C3N4 in activating PMS for the degradation of Acid Orange 7 (AO 7), a model organic pollutant, were investigated. AO 7 degradation efficiency was significantly enhanced after modification of Fe3O4@C with g-C3N4, and the composite Fe3O4@C/g-C3N4 from loading of 5 wt% g-C3N4 and calcined at 300 °C for 30 min exhibited the best performance. AO 7 could be efficiently decolorized using the "Fe3O4@C/C3N4 (5%) + PSM" system within the pH range of 2-6, and 97% of AO 7 could be removed in 20 min without pH adjustment (pH = 4). Radical quenching and EPR studies confirmed that both sulfate and hydroxyl radicals produced from PMS activation were the active species responsible for the oxidation of AO 7. The degradation mechanism was suggested based on the experimental results and XPS analyses. It was proposed that the CO groups on the carbon surface of Fe3O4@C rather than the CO in g-C3N4 played a key role as the active sites for PMS activation. The catalyst was magnetically separable and displayed good stability and reusability, thus providing a potentially green catalyst for sustainable remediation of organic pollutants.
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- Furong Guo
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- Engineering Research Centre for Cleaner Production of Textile Printing and Dyeing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission & Ministry of Education, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China; Engineering Research Centre for Cleaner Production of Textile Printing and Dyeing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430200, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China; Engineering Research Centre for Cleaner Production of Textile Printing and Dyeing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430200, China.
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Haq I, Raj A. Biodegradation of Azure-B dye by Serratia liquefaciens and its validation by phytotoxicity, genotoxicity and cytotoxicity studies. Chemosphere 2018; 196:58-68. [PMID: 29291515 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2017] [Revised: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The azo dyes in textile industry are a major source of environmental pollution and cause serious threat to aquatic flora and fauna. The present study aims to evaluate the potential of previously isolated lignin peroxidase (LiP) enzyme producing Serratia liquefaciens in degradation of Azure-B (AB) dye. S. liquefaciens showed rapid decolourisation of AB dye (100 mg L-1) in mineral salt medium (MSM) supplemented with 0.2% glucose and yeast extract, and more than 90% dye decolourisation was observed at 48 h when incubated at 30 °C. Decolourisation conditions were optimized by Response Surface Methodology (RSM) using Box-Behnken Designs (BBD). The dye degradation was further confirmed by ATR-FTIR and GC-MS analysis. Toxicological studies of untreated (UT) and bacterial treated (BT) AB dye solutions were studied by using phytotoxicity, genotoxicity and cytotoxicity endpoints. Phytotoxicity assay using Vigna radiata indicated that bacterial treatment led to detoxification of AB dye. Genotoxicity assay with Allium cepa showed that pure AB dye solutions significantly reduced mitotic index (MI) and induced various chromosomal abnormalities (CAs) like c-mitosis, stickiness, chromosome break, anaphase bridges, vagrant chromosomes and binucleated and micronucleated cell in the root tip cells, whereas, bacterial treated solutions induced relatively less genotoxicity in nature. Improved cell survivability (%) was also noted in kidney cell line (NRK-52E) after S. liquefaciens treated dye solutions than the pure dye solutions. The findings suggest that S. liquefaciens could be a potential bacterium for azo dye degradation, as it is effective in lowering of toxic effects of AB dye.
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- Izharul Haq
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhavan 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhavan 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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