Photocatalytic degradation of the herbicide clopyralid: kinetics, degradation pathways and ecotoxicity evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (9) ◽  
pp. 2510-2518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrysanthi Berberidou ◽  
Vasiliki Kitsiou ◽  
Sofia Karahanidou ◽  
Dimitra A Lambropoulou ◽  
Athanasios Kouras ◽  
...  
2010 ◽  
Vol 98 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 122-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lagunas-Allué ◽  
María-Teresa Martínez-Soria ◽  
Jesús Sanz-Asensio ◽  
Arnaud Salvador ◽  
Corinne Ferronato ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Bano ◽  
Susheel K. Mittal ◽  
Prit Pal Singh ◽  
Sandeep Kaushal

In the field of photocatalysis, fabrication of a heterojunction structure with effective charge separation at the interface and charge shift to enhance the photocatalytic activity has acquired extensive consideration.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Bougarrani ◽  
Preetam K. Sharma ◽  
Jeremy W. J. Hamilton ◽  
Anukriti Singh ◽  
Moisés Canle ◽  
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The determination of reaction pathways and identification of products of pollutants degradation is central to photocatalytic environmental remediation. This work focuses on the photocatalytic degradation of the herbicide Imazapyr (2-(4-methyl-5-oxo-4-propan-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl) pyridine-3-carboxylic acid) under UV-Vis and visible-only irradiation of aqueous suspensions of CaxMnOy-TiO2, and on the identification of the corresponding degradation pathways and reaction intermediates. CaxMnOy-TiO2 was formed by mixing CaxMnOy and TiO2 by mechanical grinding followed by annealing at 500 °C. A complete structural characterization of CaxMnOy-TiO2 was carried out. The photocatalytic activity of the hetero-nanostructures was determined using phenol and Imazapyr herbicide as model pollutants in a stirred tank reactor under UV-Vis and visible-only irradiation. Using equivalent loadings, CaxMnOy-TiO2 showed a higher rate (10.6 μM·h−1) as compared to unmodified TiO2 (7.4 μM·h−1) for Imazapyr degradation under UV-Vis irradiation. The mineralization rate was 4.07 µM·h−1 for CaxMnOy-TiO2 and 1.21 μM·h−1 for TiO2. In the CaxMnOy-TiO2 system, the concentration of intermediate products reached a maximum at 180 min of irradiation that then decreased to a half in 120 min. For unmodified TiO2, the intermediates continuously increased with irradiation time with no decrease observed in their concentration. The enhanced efficiency of the CaxMnOy-TiO2 for the complete degradation of the Imazapyr and intermediates is attributed to an increased adsorption of polar species on the surface of CaxMnOy. Based on LC-MS, photocatalytic degradation pathways for Imazapyr under UV-Vis irradiation have been proposed. Some photocatalytic degradation was obtained under visible-only irradiation for CaxMnOy-TiO2. Hydroxyl radicals were found to be main reactive oxygen species responsible for the photocatalytic degradation through radical scavenger investigations.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (38) ◽  
pp. 23699-23708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanxi Yang ◽  
Wenping Dong ◽  
Guanwei Cui ◽  
Yingqiang Zhao ◽  
Xifeng Shi ◽  
...  

A photocatalytic activity enhanced mechanism accounting for the photosensitization synergetic effect is proposed, with MB degradation pathways including chromophoric and auxochrome group degradation.


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