An Efficient Simultaneous Degradation of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim by Photoelectro-Fenton Process Under Non-Modified pH Using a Natural Citric Acid Source: Study of Biodegradability, Ecotoxicity and Antibacterial Activity
Abstract:In this work, the photoelectro-Fenton system was evaluated as an alternative for the degradation of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim at unmodified pH by using citric acid present in extracts from a natural source as organic residues (orange and lemon peels). The addition of natural citric acid showed an efficient degradation of the antibiotics similarly to the efficiency by adding commercial reagent citric acid. The observed high efficiencies and rate constants are attributed to the increment of ferrous ion i… Show more
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