Porous and Bifunctional ZnO-Hydroxyapatite Nanostructure for Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol and Methylene Blue in Water

Iranian Journal of Catalysis

مقاله 6، دوره 11، شماره 4، اسفند 2021، صفحه 389-395   

نوع مقاله: Articles

نویسندگان

Jihane Labrag¹؛ Chaimaa El Bekkali¹؛ Abdeladim Oulguidoum¹؛ D. Robert²؛ Abdelaziz Laghzizil^{* 1}؛ J. M. Nunzi³

¹Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP. 1014 Rabat, Morocco.

²Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l'Energie, l'Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), CNRS-UMR7515, Université de Lorraine, 12 rue Victor Demange, 57500, Saint-Avold, France.

³Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

چکیده

Porous ZnO-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite was prepared by dissolution of a rock phosphate ore in an acidic medium followed by alkaline precipitation. Its photocatalytic activity was assessed for the degradation of paracetamol as one of the most commonly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs and methylene blue as dye model. Thanks to its good porosity, the 40ZnHAp nanocomposite adsorbed the selected pollutants better than the individual ZnO and HAp phases. 40ZnHAp calcined at 500° completely degrades the studied pollutants faster than ZnO, although a longer illumination time is required for the degradation of paracetamol. The low-cost 40ZnHAp nanomaterial can be considered as a potential photocatalyst for wastewater treatment due to its high porosity, which facilitates the entrapment of initial pollutants and/or by-products. It leads to a complete mineralization, consequently yielding healthy discharged water.

کلیدواژه‌ها

ZnO-Hydroxyapatite؛ nanocomposite؛ Photocatalysis؛ Paracetamol؛ Methylene blue

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