Unravelling superior photodegradation ability and key photoactive structures of hydrochar particle to typical emerging contaminant than corresponding bulk hydrochar from food waste

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第一作者： Guo, Wenjing

作者： Guo, Wenjing;Zhang, Zhiyong;Feng, Yanfang;He, Shiying;Fang, Guodong;Rong, Shaopeng

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关键词： Hydrochar; Norfloxacin; Electron-hole; Graphitic-N; Density functional theory

期刊名称：BIOCHAR （ 影响因子：13.1； 五年影响因子：14.4 ）

ISSN： 2524-7972

年卷期： 2024 年 6 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Hydrochar from waste biomass is a promising material for removing emerging contaminants (e.g., antibiotics) in water/soil environment. Abundant small-sized hydrochar particles (HPs) with a high content of reactive functional groups and high mobility are easily released into ecosystems through hydrochar applications. However, the photodegradation ability and corresponding structures of HPs are largely unknown, which hinder accurate estimation of the remediation effect of hydrochar in ecosystems. Herein, photodegradation performance of HP towards targeted norfloxacin (NOR, a typical antibiotic) under light irradiation (visible and UV light) were investigated after adsorption processes upon release into soil/water, and its reactive species and photoactive structures were clarified and compared with those of residual bulk hydrochar (BH) comprehensively. The results showed that: (1) photodegradation percentages of HPs were 4.02 and 4.48 times higher than those of BHs under UV and visible light, in which reactive species of both HPs and BHs were OH and O-2(-); (2) density functional theory (DFT) results identified that the main photoactive structure of graphitic-N decreased the energy gap (Eg) of HPs, and C=O, COOH groups improved electron donating ability of BHs; (3) well-developed graphitization structure of HP resulted from higher polymerization reaction was an significant photoactive structure involving its superior photodegradation ability relative to that of BH. The distinct heterogeneities of photodegradation ability in HP and BH and underlying photoactive structures provide an in-depth understanding of hydrochar application for removing emerging contaminants in soil/water environment. Identifying photoactive structures is helpful to predict photodegradation ability of hydrochar according to their abundance.

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