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Effect of light on concomitant sequestration of Cu(II) and photodegradation of tetracycline by H-MOR/H-β/H-ZSM5 zeolites

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It is important that a pollution remediation system be able to cater for a variety of pollutant species present in the water to be treated. The aim of this study was to utilise a series of commercial zeolites (H-MOR, H-β, and H-ZSM5) for the concomitant adsorption and photodegradation of Cu2+ and tetracycline (TC) molecules. The adsorbent cum photocatalyst was characterised by SEM and FTIR. FTIR confirmed the key functional groups (Si-O-Si and Al-O-Si) in the series of zeolites, and H-β zeolite was demonstrated to be the most effective adsorbent cum photocatalyst for both adsorption and photodegradation of Cu2+ and TC molecules. These results were further corroborated from the pseudo-first-order rate constant values. Among the investigated zeolites, H-ZSM5 displayed the least adsorption and photodegradation performance for Cu2+ and TC molecules. The photolysis reaction confirms the significant role of zeolites in the photodegradation test, as low performance was recorded in the absence of the zeolites.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Veritas University, P.M.B. 5171, Abuja, Nigeria

    Kingsley Igenepo John

  2. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis & Division of Solar Energy, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning Province, China

    Kingsley Igenepo John

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning Province, China

    Aderemi Timothy Adeleye

  4. Organization of African Academic Doctor (OAAD), Off Kamiti Road, P. O. Box 25305000100, Nairobi, Kenya

    Aderemi Timothy Adeleye

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria

    Comfort Abidemi Adeyanju, Samuel Ogunniyi, Joshua O. Ighalo & Adewale George Adeniyi

  6. Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria

    Joshua O. Ighalo

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Kingsley Igenepo John: Conceptualisation, data curation, methodology, investigation, writing-original draft, writing-review and editing, and validation

Aderemi Timothy Adeleye: Conceptualisation, data curation, methodology, investigation, writing-original draft, writing-review and editing, and validation

Comfort Abidemi Adeyanju: Writing-original draft and writing-review and editing

Samuel Ogunniyi: Writing-original draft and writing-review and editing

Joshua O. Ighalo: Conceptualisation, data curation, writing-review and editing, and validation

Adewale George Adeniyi: Conceptualisation, methodology, writing-review and editing, supervision, validation, and project administration

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Highlights

• Concomitant adsorption and photodegradation of Cu2+/tetracycline was examined.

• H-MOR, H-β, and H-ZSM5 zeolites served as adsorbent cum photocatalyst.

• H-β zeolite was the most effective for both adsorption and photodegradation of Cu2+ and TC.

• The photolysis mechanism confirms the significant role of zeolites in the photodegradation test.

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John, .I., Adeleye, A.T., Adeyanju, C.A. et al. Effect of light on concomitant sequestration of Cu(II) and photodegradation of tetracycline by H-MOR/H-β/H-ZSM5 zeolites. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 11756–11764 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16556-w

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