Photodegradation of oxolinic acid in aquaculture effluents under solar irradiation: is it possible to enhance efficiency by the use of TiO2/carbon quantum dots composites?

[EN] Antibiotics, such as oxolinic acid (OXA), in aquaculture effluents contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance, which makes it urgent to develop efficient and sustainable processes for their removal. Aiming a photocatalytic degradation under solar radiation, different carbon qua...

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Autores: Silva, Valentina Guimarães da, Invêncio, Inês, Silva, Carla Patrícia Gonçalves, Otero Cabero, Marta, Lima, Diana Luísa Duarte de
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/25272
Acesso em linha:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522030156
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/25272
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Biología
Química
Antibiotics
Brackish aquaculture effluent
Visible-light photocatalysis
Antimicrobial resistance
2210 Química Física
2210.01 Catálisis
2210.22 Fotoquímica
3308.07 Eliminación de Residuos
3308.11 Control de la Contaminación del Agua
2414.01 Antibióticos
3105.02 Piscicultura
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Resumo:[EN] Antibiotics, such as oxolinic acid (OXA), in aquaculture effluents contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance, which makes it urgent to develop efficient and sustainable processes for their removal. Aiming a photocatalytic degradation under solar radiation, different carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were produced in this work through a bottom-up hydrothermal methodology and incorporated into TiO2 by a simple calcination method. A total of thirteen materials were synthesized and tested for OXA photocatalytic removal from synthetic and real matrices. Among them, CQDs produced with citric acid and incorporated into TiO2 at 4% (w/w) (TiO2/CQDs-CA 4% (w/w)) were the most efficient photocatalysts, providing an OXA half-life time (t1/2) decrease of 91%, 79% and 85% in phosphate buffer solution (PBS), synthetic sea salts (SSS) and brackish aquaculture effluent (BAE), respectively. Therefore, the herein synthesized TiO2/CQDs-CA 4% (w/w) composites have shown to be promising materials for a sustainable solar-driven removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents