Unleashing the power of sunlight: Bi2O3/Sb2S3 photocatalysis for sustainable wastewater remediation of Tetracycline and Rhodamine-B

Maggu, Charu; Singla, Shelly; Basu, Soumen

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119424

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“…Therefore, taking into account the hazards and harmful effects of wastewater, it is worthwhile to try to remove RhB pollutants from it. The common removal methods for RhB are photocatalytic degradation [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], adsorption [22][23][24], ion exchange [25,26], electrochemical [27,28], and biological treatment [29,30]. Among these methods, photocatalytic degradation is considered to be an effective technique for the removal of RhB [31,32].…”

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Investigation of the Photocatalytic Performance, Mechanism, and Degradation Pathways of Rhodamine B with Bi2O3 Microrods under Visible-Light Irradiation

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Tang,

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In the present work, the photodegradation of Rhodamine B with different pH values by using Bi2O3 microrods under visible-light irradiation was studied in terms of the dye degradation efficiency, active species, degradation mechanism, and degradation pathway. X-ray diffractometry, polarized optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, fluorescence spectrophotometry, diffuse reflectance spectra, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV–visible spectrophotometry, total organic carbon, and liquid chromatography–mass spectroscopy analysis techniques were used to analyze the crystal structure, morphology, surface structures, band gap values, catalytic performance, and mechanistic pathway. The photoluminescence spectra and diffuse reflectance spectrum (the band gap values of the Bi2O3 microrods are 2.79 eV) reveals that the absorption spectrum extended to the visible region, which resulted in a high separation and low recombination rate of electron–hole pairs. The photodegradation results of Bi2O3 clearly indicated that Rhodamine B dye had removal efficiencies of about 97.2%, 90.6%, and 50.2% within 120 min at the pH values of 3.0, 5.0, and 7.0, respectively. In addition, the mineralization of RhB was evaluated by measuring the effect of Bi2O3 on chemical oxygen demand and total organic carbon at the pH value of 3.0. At the same time, quenching experiments were carried out to understand the core reaction species involved in the photodegradation of Rhodamine B solution at different pH values. The results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffractometer analysis of pre- and post-Bi2O3 degradation showed that BiOCl was formed on the surface of Bi2O3, and a BiOCl/Bi2O3 heterojunction was formed after acid photocatalytic degradation. Furthermore, the catalytic degradation of active substances and the possible mechanism of the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B over Bi2O3 at different pH values were analyzed based on the results of X-ray diffractometry, radical capture, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, total organic carbon analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The degradation intermediates of Rhodamine B with the Bi2O3 photocatalyst in visible light were also identified with the assistance of liquid chromatography–mass spectroscopy.

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