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Morphological effect of BiVO4 catalysts on degradation of aqueous paracetamol under visible light irradiation

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Morphological effect of bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) on visible light-driven catalytic degradation of aqueous paracetamol was carefully investigated using four monoclinic BiVO4 catalysts. The catalysts with different morphologies were controllably prepared by a hydrothermal method without any additions. The prepared catalysts were fully characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Under the visible light irradiation, these catalysts with different morphology were investigated to degrade aqueous paracetamol contaminant. The degradation effects were evaluated based on the catalyst morphology, solution pH, initial paracetamol concentration, and catalyst dosage. Cube-like BiVO4 powders exhibited excellent photocatalytic performance. The optimal photocatalytic performance of the cube-like BiVO4 in degrading paracetamol was achieved.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 2016ZCQ03) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21373032 and 51278053).

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  1. College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Changying Hu, Jie Xu, Acong Chen & Zhaoyong Bian

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yaqi Zhu & Hui Wang

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Hu, C., Xu, J., Zhu, Y. et al. Morphological effect of BiVO4 catalysts on degradation of aqueous paracetamol under visible light irradiation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 18421–18428 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6975-8

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