Efficient photothermal persulfate activation for rapid removal of antibiotics by heat-promoted Co3+ to Co2+ conversion on Bi12CoO20 photocatalyst

Balanced generation of holes and superoxide radicals on Bi25CoO40 sillenite photocatalysts for rapid synergetic degradation of quinolone antibiotics

“…[1][2][3][4] Photocatalytic technology is a green technology that converts antibiotics completely into CO 2 , H 2 O, and inorganic salts with the use of only sunlight and photocatalysts. [5][6][7][8] In order to fully utilize solar energy, photocatalysts with wide spectral response are needed. However, current wide spectral response photocatalysts generally face problems such as the inability to effectively utilize long-wavelength with smaller photon energy for rapid antibiotic mineralization, which is mainly due to the ease of recombination of photogenerated carriers.…”