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Photodegradation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Antibacterial Activity in Water by Transition Metals

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Abstract

The intensity of emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic and terrestrial environment is a major source of concern to researchers. The current conventional methods of wastewater treatment plants are considered not efficient enough in the complete removal of the recalcitrant contaminants from water. The use of modified transition metals in visible responsive synthesis to degrade PPCPs and other pollutants (organic and inorganic) is considered as a developing green chemistry and sustainable technology. Hence, this review presents the state-of-the-art discussion on the novel photodegradation of PPCPs, and antibacterial activities of transition metal-modified magnetite materials for wastewater treatment, and suggested directions for the future. Transition metal-modified magnetite nanostructured photocatalysis is identified as one of the best candidates employed in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for wastewater treatment and has been found to efficiently destroy bacterial spores and effectively remove recalcitrant pollutants in water. Therefore, this article hopes to contribute scientific knowledge along with existing ones on advanced mechanisms and technology used in wastewater treatment.

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Abbreviations

AOP:

Advanced oxide processes

BIPO4:

Bismuth phosphate

C3N4:

Carbon nitride

Cu3P:

Copper phosphide

DCF:

Diclofenac

EDCs:

Endocrine disruption chemicals

FeO:

Iron(II) oxide

IUPAC:

International union of pure and applied chemistry

NM:

Noble metal

NSAIDS:

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

OTC:

Over-the-counter

PPCPs:

Pharmaceutical and personal care products

SA:

Salicylic acid

TBHP:

Tert-butyl hydroperoxide

TiO:

Titanium oxides

UV:

Ultraviolet light

WWTPs:

Wastewater treatment plants

ZnO:

Zinc oxides

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by grants from the National Science Funds for Creative Research Groups of China (No. 51421006), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51679063), the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41430751), the National Key Plan for Research and Development of China 678 (2016YFC0502203), Fundamental Research Funds (No. 2016B43814), PAPD, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51878316), Jilin Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (20180520169JH), Science and Technology Research Project of Jilin Provincial Department of Education (JJKH20190878KJ), and African Environmental Sanitation (AfES) Consult, Accra, Ghana.

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Teye, G.K., Darkwah, W.K., Jingyu, H., Ke, L., Li, Y. (2020). Photodegradation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Antibacterial Activity in Water by Transition Metals. In: de Voogt, P. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 254. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 254. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2020_47

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