Visible-Light-Active Black TiO₂ Nanoparticles with Efficient Photocatalytic Performance for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals.

ABSTRACT: Special attention has recently been paid to surface-defective titanium dioxide and black TiO₂ with advanced optical, electrical, and photocatalytic properties. Synthesis of these materials for photodegradation and mineralization of persistent organic pollutants in water, especially under visible radiation, presents interest from scientific and application points of view. Chemical reduction by heating a TiO₂ and NaBH₄ mixture at 350 °C successfully introduced Ti³⁺ defects and oxygen vacancies at the surface of TiO₂, with an increase in the photocatalytic degradation of amoxicillin-an antibiotic that is present in wastewater due to its intense use in human and animal medicine. Three TiO₂ samples were prepared at different anne

SUBMITTER: Andronic L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330099 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature