Tetracycline removal from wastewater via g-C₃N₄ loaded RSM-CCD-optimised hybrid photocatalytic membrane reactor.

ABSTRACT: In this study, a split-type photocatalytic membrane reactor (PMR), incorporating suspended graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as photocatalyst and a layered polymeric composite (using polyamide, polyethersulfone and polysulfone polymers) as a membrane was fabricated to remove tetracycline (TC) from aqueous solutions as the world's second most used and discharged antibiotic in wastewater. The photocatalyst was synthesised from melamine by ultrasonic-assisted thermal polymerisation method and, along with the membrane, was characterised using various methods, including Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis (BET), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). The PMR

SUBMITTER: Esfandiaribayat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10786873 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature