Novel synergistic photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics and bacteria using V-N doped TiO2 under visible light: the state of nitrogen in V-doped TiO2

Eswar, Neerugatti KrishnaRao and Ramamurthy, Praveen C and Madras, Giridhar (2016) Novel synergistic photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics and bacteria using V-N doped TiO2 under visible light: the state of nitrogen in V-doped TiO2. In: NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 40 (4). pp. 3464-3475.

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Abstract

We report the synthesis of vanadium and nitrogen co-doped TiO2 for photocatalysis mainly emphasizing the state of nitrogen doping into TiO2 in the presence of vanadium ions. Considering the increase in antibiotic resistance developed by microbes due to the excess of pharmaceutical waste in the ecosystem, the photocatalytic activity was measured by degrading an antibiotic, chloramphenicol. A novel experiment was conducted by degrading the antibiotic and bacteria in each other's vicinity to focus on their synergistic photo-degradation by V-N co-doped TiO2. The catalysts were characterized using XRD, DRS, PL, TEM, BET and XPS analysis. Both interstitial and substitutional nitrogen doping were achieved with V-TiO2, showing high efficiency under visible light for antibiotic and bacterial degradation. In addition, the effect of doping concentration of nitrogen and vanadium in TiO2 and catalyst loading was studied thoroughly. Reusability experiments show that the prepared V-N co-doped TiO2 was stable for many cycles.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Publisher:	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	12 May 2016 07:02
Last Modified:	12 May 2016 07:02
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53823

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