Visible-light-driven photocatalytic removal of antibiotics by newly designed C3N4@MnFe2O4-graphene nanocomposites

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 336, Issue , 2017, Pages 81-92

  Wang, Xiangyu ^a   Wang, Anqi ^a   Ma, Jun ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic pollutants; g C3N4; MnFe2O4; Persulfate; Synergistic promoting effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLLUTION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; G-C3N4; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSTS; MNFE2O4; PERSULFATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC BEHAVIORS; PROMOTING EFFECT;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON NANOPARTICLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE MANGANESE FERRITE GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE; HYDROXIDE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN; PERSULFATE; SULFATE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYANOGEN; FERRIC ION; MANGANESE FERRITE; NITRILE;

ABSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FENTON REACTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITRILES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85018435446     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.04.012     Document Type: Article

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