Intensive adsorption of tetracycline by cobalt oxide quantum dots-loaded mineral carbon

Oxygen Vacancy-Enhanced Electrocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline over a Co3O4–La2O3/Peroxymonosulfate System

“…4,5 It has been proven that TC accumulated in the environment poses a potential hazard to human health and ecological balance due to the spread of specific and multiple resistances. 6−9 Various approaches have been proposed to mitigate the accumulation of TC in aquatic ecosystems, such as adsorption, 10 membrane filtration, 11,12 hydrolysis, and so on, 13−16 which still face some problems such as low efficiency and high cost for treatment.…”

“…Antibiotics are chemotherapeutic agents developed to inhibit or kill bacteria for the curing of infections . Tetracycline (TC), one of the broad-spectrum antibiotics, has been widely used in medicine for both human and animal treatments, as well as in aquaculture. , However, as a result of overuse and misuse, TC has recently been discovered in water bodies as an emerging contaminant, which in turn requires significant efforts for mitigation. , It has been proven that TC accumulated in the environment poses a potential hazard to human health and ecological balance due to the spread of specific and multiple resistances. − Various approaches have been proposed to mitigate the accumulation of TC in aquatic ecosystems, such as adsorption, membrane filtration, , hydrolysis, and so on, − which still face some problems such as low efficiency and high cost for treatment.…”