Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Antimicrobial properties of heterojunction BiSnSbO6-ZnO composites in wastewater treatment

  • Research Article
  • Published:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite photocatalytic material with type II heterojunction structure was synthesized by a simple solid-phase sintering method, it was characterized by XRD, UV–vis, and PT methods. The photocatalytic antibacterial experiments were carried out under LED light irradiation. The experimental results showed that the photocatalytic antibacterial properties of BiSnSbO6-ZnO composites against bacteria and fungi were significantly stronger than those of single BiSnSbO6 and ZnO. Under light conditions, the antibacterial efficiencies of 500 mg/L BiSnSbO6-ZnO composites against E. coli, S. aureus, and P. aeruginosa reached 99.63%, 100%, and 100% for 6 h, 4 h, and 4 h, respectively. The best antibacterial concentration of BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite against the eukaryotic microorganism Candida albicans was 250 mg/L, and the antibacterial efficiency reached the highest 63.8% at 6 h. Antibacterial experiments were carried out on domestic livestock and poultry wastewater, which showed that the BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite photocatalytic material has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against bacteria, and the antibacterial effect has species differences. Through the MTT experiment, it is proved that the prepared BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite photocatalytic material has no toxicity at the experimental concentration. According to the free radical scavenging experiment and SEM observation of the morphological changes of the bacteria after light treatment, the prepared BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite photocatalytic material can generate active species OH, h+, and e− through light irradiation to achieve the purpose of sterilization, where e− play a major role, indicating that the BiSnSbO6-ZnO composite photocatalytic material has broad application prospects in the actual antibacterial field.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15
Fig. 16

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

Not applicable.

References

  • Abbas KN, Bidin N (2017) Morphological driven photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanostructures [J]. Appl Surf Sci 394(1):498–508

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Aditya A, Chattopadhyay S, Jha D et al (2018) Zinc oxide nanoparticles dispersed in ionic liquids show high antimicrobial efficacy to skin-specific bacteria [J]. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 10(18):15401–15411

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cunha CS, Castro PJ, Sousa SC et al (2020) Films of chitosan and natural modified hydroxyapatite as effective UV-protecting, biocompatible and antibacterial wound dressing[J]. Int J Biol Macromol 159:1177–1211

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ghafoor S, Hussain SZ, Waseem S et al (2018) Photo-reduction of heavy metal ions and photo-disinfection of pathogenic bacteria under simulated solar light using photosensitized TiO2 nanofibers [J]. RSC Adv 8(36):20354–20362

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gratzel M (2018) Heterogenous photochemical electron transfer [M]. CRC press

  • Hajipour P, Eslami A, Bahrami A et al (2021) Surface modification of TiO2 nanoparticles with CuO for visible-light antibacterial applications and photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics [J]. Ceram Int 23(47):33875–33885

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hu L, Hou A, Xie K et al (2019) Light-Induced production of reactive oxygen species by a novel water-soluble benzophenone derivative containing quaternary ammonium groups and its assembly on the protein fiber surface [J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfac 11(29):26500–26506

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Huang P, Shen Y, Luan J (2019) Visible-light-driven p-n type BiMSbO6(M=Ti, Sn)/BiOBr heterojunction photocatalyst toward degradation of levofloxacin [J]. Chemistry Select 39(4):11531–11540

    Google Scholar 

  • Jaffari ZH, Lam SM, Sin JC et al (2019) Constructing magnetic Pt-loaded BiFeO3 nanocomposite for boosted visible light photocatalytic and antibacterial activities [J]. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26(10):10204–10218

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jiang DL, Wang TY, Xu Q et al (2017) Perovskite oxide ultrathin nanosheets/g-C3N4 2D-2D heterojunction photocatalysts with significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity towards the photodegradation of tetracycline [J]. Applied Catalysis B-Environme

  • Kamli MR, Srivastava V, Hajrah NH et al (2021) Facile Bio-Fabrication of Ag-Cu-Co trimetallic nanoparticles and its fungicidal activity against Candida auris [J]. Journal of Fungi 7(1):62

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kononenko V, Repar N, Marusic N et al (2017) Comparative in vitro genotoxicity study of ZnO nanoparticles, ZnO macroparticles and ZnCl to MDCK kidney cells: size matters [J]. Toxicol in Vitro 40:256–263

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar R, Anandan S, Hembram K et al (2014) Efficient ZnO-Based visible-light-driven photocatalyst for antibacterial applications [J]. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 6(15):13138–13148

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar V, Fakhri A, Tahami S et al (2017) Zn doped CdO nanoparticles: Structural, morphological, optical, photocatalytic and anti-bacterial properties [J]. J Colloid Interface Sci 504:164–170

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li SY, Liu ZL, Xiang GX et al (2019) Influence of calcination temperature on the photocatalytic performance of the hierarchical TiO2 pinecone-like structure-decorated with CdS nanoparticles[J]. Ceram Int 45(1):767–776

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liang S, Zhang D, Pu X et al (2019) Separation and purification technology a novel Ag2O/g-C3N4 p-n heterojunction photocatalysts with enhanced visible and near-infrared light activity [J]. Sep Purif Technol 210:786–797

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liu Y, He L, Mustapha A et al (2009) Antibacterial activities of zinc oxide nanoparticles against Escherichia coli O157:H7 [J]. J Appl Microbiol 107(4):1193–1201

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Luan JF, Huang PQ (2018) Photophysical and photocatalytic properties of BiSnSbO6 under visible light irradiation [J]. Materials 11(4):491

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ma RJ, Dong LH, Li B et al (2018) g-C3N4/BiYO3 Composite for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution [J]. Chemistry Select 3(21):5891–5899

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ozdemir OO, Soyer F (2020) Pseudomonas aeruginosa presents multiple vital changes in its proteome in the presence of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, a promising antimicrobial agent [J]. ACS Omega 32(5):19938–19951

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podasca VE, Buruiana T, Buruiana EC (2016) UV-cured polymeric films containing ZnO andsilver nanoparticles with UV-vis light-assisted photocatalytic activity [J]. Appl Surf Sci 377(30):262–273

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Qi K, Cheng B, Yu J et al (2017) Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO [J]. Alloys Compd 727:792–820

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Qu X, Alvarez PJJ, Li Q (2013) Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment [J]. Water Res 12(47):3931–3946

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rahman A, Afzal R, Zulfiqar S et al (2021) Superior photodegradation and antibacterial activity of r-GO supported ternary nanocomposite of doped transition metal compounds [J]. Ceram Int 47(10):14569–14578

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rather RA, Lo IMC (2020) Photoelectrochemical sewage treatment by a multifunctional g-C3N4/Ag/AgCl/BiVO4 photoanode for the simultaneous degradation of emerging pollutants and hydrogen production, and the disinfection of E. coli [J]. Water Res 168:115166

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rokhsat E, Akhavan O (2016) Improving the photocatalytic activity of graphene oxide/ZnO nanorod films by UV irradiation[J]. Appl Surf Sci 371(15):590–595

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Singh R, Pandey S, Sur S et al (2019) PPEF: A bisbenzimdazole potent antimicrobial agent interacts at acidic triad of catalytic domain of E coli topoisomerase IA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta(BBA)-General Subjects 1863(10):1524–1535

  • Sun JZ, Jiang GF, Zhu BJ et al (2021) Antibacterial properties of recoverable CuZnO@Fe3O4@GO composites in water treatment [J]. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28(25):33355–33370

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sundararaj A, Chandrasekaran G (2017) Induced phase transition from ZnO to Co3O4 through Co substitution [J]. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 11:20–24

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Surapaneni M, Prachi K, Swati C et al (2015) Understanding the pathway of antibacterial activity of copper oxide nanoparticles [J]. RSC Adv 5(16):12293–12299

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vikesland PJ, Wigginton KR (2010) Nanomaterial enabled biosensors for pathogen monitoring-a review [J]. Environ Sci Technol 10(44):3656–3669

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang ZL (2004) Nanostructures of zinc oxide [J]. Mater Today 7(6):26–33

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wang T, Jiang Z, An T et al (2018) Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by ultrathin carbon-coated magnetic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles[J]. Environ Sci Technol 8(52):4774–4784

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wong HL, Goodwin CM, Beebe TP et al (2017) AgI-BiYO3 photocatalyst: synthesis, characterization, and its photocatalytic degradation of dye [J]. Mater Chem Phys 202:120–126

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wu C, Chen R, Ma C et al (2019) Construction of up conversion nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots modified BiVO4 photocatalyst with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity [J]. Ceram Int 45(2):2088–2096

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Xiang ZB, Wang Y, Yang ZQ et al (2019) Heterojunctions of β-AgVO3/BiVO4 composites for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic antibacterial activity [J]. J Alloy Compd 776(5):266–275

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Xu JW, Gao ZD, Han K et al (2014) Synthesis of magnetically separable Ag3PO4/TiO2/Fe3O4 heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light for photoinactivation of bacteria [J]. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 6(17):15122–15131

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yan M, Hua YQ, Zhu FF et al (2018) Fabrication of nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots-BiOI/MnNb2O6 p-n junction photocatalysts with enhanced visible light efficiency in photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics. Applied Catalysis B-Environmenta 202:518–527

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yang H, Zhang QX, Chen Y et al (2018) Ultrasonic-microwave synthesis of ZnO/BiOBr functionalized cotton fabrics with antibacterial and photocatalytic properties [J]. Carbohyd Polym 201:162–171

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yosefi L, Haghighi M (2018) Fabrication of nanostructured flowerlike p-BiOI/p-NiO heterostructure and its efficient photocatalytic performance in water treatment under visible-light irradiation [J]. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental 220:367–378

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zheng LR, Zheng YH, Chen CQ et al (2012) Facile one-pot synthesis of ZnO/SnO2 heterojunction photocatalysts with excellent photocatalytic activity and photostability [J]. ChemPlusChem 77(3):217–223

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Development and Reform Commission of Jilin Province, China (2022C039-5), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21871246).

Funding

Thanks to the support of Development and Reform Commission of Jilin Province, China (2022C039-5), Department of Education of Jilin Province, China (2020285I1IC002Y) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21871246) for this research.

Author information

Author notes

  1. Jing Chen and Mengde Shan contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China

    Jing Chen, Mengde Shan, Haojia Zhu, Shichuan Zhang & Jingmei Li

  2. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China

    Leijiao Li

Authors
  1. Jing Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mengde Shan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Haojia Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Shichuan Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Jingmei Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Leijiao Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Jing Chen, Mengde Shan, Haojia Zhu, and Shichuan Zhang. Jingmei Li and Leijiao Li are in charge of project administration and resources, and Professor Jingmei Li is the main person in charge. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Jing Chen and Mengde Shan; all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jingmei Li.

Ethics declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Not applicable.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Conflict of interest

All authors claimed that there is no conflict of financial interest.

Additional information

Responsible Editor: Angeles Blanco

Publisher's note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Chen, J., Shan, M., Zhu, H. et al. Antimicrobial properties of heterojunction BiSnSbO6-ZnO composites in wastewater treatment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 55498–55512 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25934-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25934-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation