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Synthesis of nitrogen-doped Ceria nanoparticles in deep eutectic solvent for the degradation of sulfamethaxazole under solar irradiation and additional antibacterial activities
Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol.394, pp.1-16
15/08/2020
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Abstract
In this study, highly crystalline, mesoporous, small sized, stable, and efficient nitrogen-doped (N-doped) Ceria nanoparticles were synthesized using deep eutectic solvent (DES) and used for the photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethaxazole (SMX), a widely used human medication and emerging water contaminant. The N-doped Ceria resulted in 96% removal of SMX versus 59% by Ceria under solar irradiation at 150 min time using [SMX]0 = 10 mg/L and [Ceria]0 = [N-doped Ceria]0 = 0.5 g/L. The solar irradiation of the photocatalysts produced radical dotOH which was proved with electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and radical scavenger studies and the resulting radical dotOH caused the degradation of SMX. The radical dotOH showed high second-order rate constant with SMX, e.g., 4.9 × 109 M−1 s−1. The photocatalytic degradation of SMX was influenced by pH, concentrations of SMX and photocatalysts, inorganic anions, and natural organic matter. The kinetics of the photocatalytic degradation of SMX was found to be pseudo-first-order. The SMX degradation resulted into several products which were identified by UPLC-MS/MS and the resulting products were used to establish degradation pathways of SMX. The synthesized Ceria and N-doped Ceria also showed good antimicrobial activities towards Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The treatment of SMX showed high reusability of N-doped Ceria, low leaching of cerium ions into reaction solution, and high decline in toxicity of SMX which suggests high potential of the synthesized nanoparticles towards SMX degradation.
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- Title
- Synthesis of nitrogen-doped Ceria nanoparticles in deep eutectic solvent for the degradation of sulfamethaxazole under solar irradiation and additional antibacterial activities
- Creators
- Jibran Iqbal - Zayed UniversityNoor S Shah - COMSATS University IslamabadMurtaza Sayed - University of PeshawarJaved Ali Khan - University of PeshawarNawshad Muhammad - COMSATS University IslamabadZia Ul Haq Khan - COMSATS University IslamabadSaif-ur-Rehman - COMSATS University IslamabadMuhammad Naseem - Zayed UniversityFares M Howari - Zayed UniversityYousef Nazzal - Zayed UniversityNabeel Khan Niazi - University of Agriculture FaisalabadAseel Hussein - Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyKyriaki Polychronopoulou - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Publication Details
- Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol.394, pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Grant note
- The present study was supported through research cluster grant (R18029) from Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (to Jibran Iqbal) and National Research Program to University (NRPU) by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan through grant # 8301/Federal/ NRPU/R&D/HEC/2017 (to Noor S. Shah).
- Identifiers
- 991012951197502368
- Copyright
- © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article