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Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes and Biological Methods to Degrade Levofloxacin
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Yaghmaei, Soheila (Supervisor) ; Ghasemian, Saloumeh (Supervisor) ; Ghobadinejad, Zahra (Supervisor)
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Levofloxacin has been widely used in recent years as an antibiotic in the treatment of various bacterial infections. This drug compound is known as a newly emerging contaminant. In this study, the degradation of this pollutant has been investigated using advanced oxidation processes, biological process, and a combination of advanced oxidation-biological processes. In order to evaluate the degradation of levofloxacin with advanced oxidation processes, an electrochemical process was used. Advanced oxidation processes were carried out to optimize initial concentration parameters of the contaminant (5-15 milligrams per liter), electrolyte concentration (2.5-10 grams per liter), and current...
Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants in the Presence of Nanocomposites Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride under Visible Light Illumination
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Hamzehlouyan, Tayebeh (Supervisor) ; Rahman Setayesh, Shahrbanoo (Co-Supervisor)
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The susceptible light-harvesting and tremendous reduction capability along with the potentiality (photo)electrochemical merits of the thiospinels like CuCo2S4 (CCS) bring forth appreciably an advancement in efficacious photocatalytic reactions. However, scant oxidation potential originated from 3p orbitals of sulfur atoms puts a damper on their performance and is even conducive to self-oxidation. In this research, the surfactant/template free of hierarchical CCS thiospinels was synthesized using solvothermal sulfidation of the affordable glycerate-based CuCo-alkoxide and successfully was embedded with Z-scheme V2O5 deposited on wrinkled g-C3N4 lamella (VO-UCN) in the interest of developing...
Effective promotion of g–C3N4 photocatalytic performance via surface oxygen vacancy and coupling with bismuth-based semiconductors towards antibiotics degradation
, Article Chemosphere ; Volume 287 , 2022 ; 00456535 (ISSN) ; Moradi, M ; Aghaebrahimi Samani, S ; Kakavandi, B ; Rahman Setayesh, S ; Noorisepehr, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2022
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In this research, the potential of bismuth chromate (BCO), a new bismuth-based semiconductor belongs to the family of Bi2XO6 (X = Mo, W, or Cr), was introduced by a novel 1D/2D structure consist of BCO nanobelts and N2-freezed ultra-wrinkled graphitic carbon nitride (N–CN) nanosheets. To enhance intimate contact between BCO and N–CN (BCO/N–CN composite), surface oxygen vacancy (VO) was created as an efficient electron transfer highway using a simple alkaline-treatment-assisted method. Various characterization techniques, including XRD, FT-IR, EPR, FE-SEM, TEM, BET, DRS, PL, EIS, and photocurrent transient analyses were conducted to elucidate the physicochemical aspects of catalysts. The...
Encapsulation of spinel CuCo2O4 hollow sphere in V2O5-decorated graphitic carbon nitride as high-efficiency double Z-type nanocomposite for levofloxacin photodegradation
, Article Journal of Hazardous Materials ; Volume 423 , 2022 ; 03043894 (ISSN) ; Shokri, A ; Moradi, M ; Kakavandi, B ; Rahman Setayesh, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2022
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In this study, spinel CuCo2O4 (CCO) with a hierarchical hollow sphere morphology was encapsulated in V2O5-decorated ultra-wrinkled graphitic carbon-nitride (VO-UCN) for the first time via a facile glycerol-assisted solvothermal method in the interest of developing a novel high-efficiency double Z-type nano-photocatalyst (denoted as VO-UCN@CCO). The remarkable physicochemical features of the as-prepared nano-photocatalysts were verified using diverse characterization techniques including TGA, XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM, TEM, BET, UV–vis DRS, PL, EIS, and transient photocurrent techniques. Herein, VO-UCN@CCO nanocomposite was employed for the photodisintegration of levofloxacin (LVOF) antibiotic under...