Coupling UiO-66 MOF with a Nanotubular Oxide Layer Grown on Ti-W Alloy Accelerates the Degradation of Hormones in Real Water Matrices.

ABSTRACT: To enable the photoelectrocatalytic treatment of large volumes of water containing low concentrations of pollutants, this study introduces a hybrid photocatalyst, composed of nanotubular oxides grown on TixW alloy (x = 0.5 and 5.0 wt %) modified with UiO-66 MOF, for degradation of estrone (E1) and 17α-ethinyl estradiol (EE2). The oxide layer (Nt/TixW) was prepared via anodization, while UiO-66 nanoparticles were synthesized by using a solvothermal process. Different techniques for modifying nanotubular oxides were evaluated to maximize the photocatalytic activity and the sorption process. In photo(electro)catalytic experiments using low concentrations of E1 and EE2 synthetic solutions and UV-vis radiation (100 W/cm²), all modified materials exhibited approxi

SUBMITTER: Disigant I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature