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Amoxicillin photodegradation under visible light catalyzed by metal-free carbon nitride: An investigation of the influence of the structural defects

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 401; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123713

1873-3336

Ingrid F. Silva, Ivo F. Teixeira, Regiane D. F. Rios, Gustavo M. do Nascimento, Ildefonso Binatti, Henrique F.V. Victória, Klaus Krambrock, L. A. Cury, Ana Paula C. Teixeira, Humberto O. Stumpf,

Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Herein, the structural defects of metal-free polymeric carbon nitrides were controlled by making use of different precursors in their syntheses, i.e. melamine (CN-M) and thiourea (CN-T), as well as a 1:1 mixture of them (CN-1M:1 T). By controlling the structural defects, the electronic, morphological and chemical properties were modified. Additionally, the activities of synthesized PCNs were evaluated for amoxicillin photodegradation under visible light irradiation (16 mW cm–2). The results of photocatalytic tests showed that CN-T material has better efficiency (100 % removal within 48 h), which is directly related to the greater number of defects present in its structure with consequent improvement of electron-hole pairs separation efficiency. The CN-T material showed excellent stability with only 13 % decrease in its photocatalytic activity after the third cycle. A mechanism for amoxicillin degradation by CN-T was proposed based on the ESI-MS and the in situ EPR allied with spin trapping method investigations.