Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of MoS₂–Ag₃PO₄ nanocomposites as visible light photocatalyst for the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride

References

• Huang H, Song Z, Wei N, et al. Ultrafast viscous water flow through nanostrand-channelled graphene oxide membranes. Nat Commun. 2013;4.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sun H, Li A, Qin X, et al. Three-dimensional superwetting mesh film based on graphene assembly for liquid transportation and selective absorption. ChemSusChem. 2013;6:2377–2381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201300319
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rivera-Utrilla J, Prados-Joya G, Sánchez-Polo M, et al. Removal of nitroimidazole antibiotics from aqueous solution by adsorption/bioadsorption on activated carbon. J Hazard Mater. 2009;170:298–305. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.096
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Watkinson AJ, Murby EJ, Kolpin DW, et al. The occurrence of antibiotics in an urban watershed: from wastewater to drinking water. Sci Total Environ. 2009;407:2711–2723. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.059.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ji L, Chen W, Duan L, et al. Mechanisms for strong adsorption of tetracycline to carbon nanotubes: A comparative study using activated carbon and graphite as adsorbents. Environ Sci Technol. 2009;43:2322–2327. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/es803268b
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang Z, Lan H, Liu H, et al. Removal of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous solution by amino-Fe (III) functionalized SBA15. Colloids Surf A. 2015;471:133–138. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.02.018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hong PY, Al-Jassim N, Ansari MI, et al. Environmental and public health implications of water reuse: antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes. Antibiotics. 2013;2:367–399. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics2030367
   Google Scholar
• Aristilde L, Marichal C, Miéhé-Brendlé J, et al. Interactions of oxytetracycline with a smectite clay: a spectroscopic study with molecular simulations. Environ Sci Technol. 2010;44:7839–7845. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/es102136y
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu W, Peng C, Luo W, et al. Graphene-based antibacterial paper. ACS Nano. 2010;4:4317–4323. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/nn101097v
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ai L, Jiang J. Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution with self-assembled cylindrical graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid. Chem Eng J. 2012;192:156–163. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.03.056.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kim SH, Shon HK, Ngo HH. Adsorption characteristics of antibiotics trimethoprim on powdered and granular activated carbon. J Ind Eng Chem. 2010;16:344–349. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2009.09.061.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moussavi G, Alahabadi A, Yaghmaeian K, et al. Preparation, characterization and adsorption potential of the NH4Cl- induced activated carbon for the removal of amoxicillin antibiotic from water. Chem Eng J. 2013;217:119–128. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.069.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dong S, Feng J, Fan M, et al. Recent developments in heterogeneous photocatalytic water treatment using visible light-responsive photocatalysts: a review. RSC Adv. 2015;5:14610–14630. doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13734E.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li X, Yu J, Low J, et al. Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting. J Mater Chem A. 2015;3:2485–2534. doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA04461D.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yue D, Qian X, Zhao Y. Photocatalytic remediation of ionic pollutant. Science Bulletin. 2015;60:1791–1806. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-015-0918-5.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen J, Qiu F, Xu W, et al. Recent progress in enhancing photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2-based materials. Appl Catal, A. 2015;495:131–140. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haibo O, Jianfeng H, Xierong Z, et al. Visible-light photocatalytic activity of SiC hollow spheres prepared by a vapor-solid reaction of carbon spheres and silicon monoxide. Ceram Int. 2014;40:2619–2625. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.10.068.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Song X, Hu Y, Zheng M, et al. Solvent-free in situ synthesis of g-C3N4/{001}TiO2 composite with enhanced UV- and visible-light photocatalytic activity for NO oxidation. Appl Catal, B. 2016;182:587–597. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.10.007.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yue Q, Wan Y, Sun Z, et al. Mop is a novel, noble-metal-free cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production from water under visible light. J Mater Chem A. 2015;3:16941–16947. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA03949E
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Casbeer E, Sharma VK, Li XZ. Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ferrites under visible light: a review. Sep Purif Technol. 2012;87:1–14. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2011.11.034.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peng B, Ang PK, Loh KP. Two-dimensional dichalcogenides for light-harvesting applications. Nano Today. 2015;10:128–137. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2015.01.007.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Takata T, Pan C, Domen K. Recent progress in oxynitride photocatalysts for visible-light-driven water splitting. Sci Technol Adv Mater. 2015;16:033506. doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/033506
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bloh JZ, Dillert R, Bahnemann DW. Designing optimal metal-doped photocatalysts: correlation between photocatalytic activity, doping ratio, and particle size. J Phys Chem C. 2012;116:25558–25562. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp307313z
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gyawali G, Adhikari R, Joshi B, et al. Sonochemical synthesis of solar-light-driven Ag˚–PbMoO4 photocatalyst. J Hazard Mater. 2013;263:45–51. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.03.065.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Adhikari R, Gyawali G, Kim TH, et al. EDTA mediated microwave hydrothermal synthesis of WO3 hierarchical structure and its photoactivity under simulated solar light. J Environ Chem Eng. 2014;2:1365–1370. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2014.02.019.
   Google Scholar
• Kim TH, Rodríguez-González V, Gyawali G, et al. Synthesis of solar light responsive Fe, N co-doped TiO2 photocatalyst by sonochemical method. Catal Today. 2013;212:75–80. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2012.09.014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee HS, Min SW, Chang YG, et al. Mos2 nanosheet phototransistors with thickness-modulated optical energy gap. Nano Lett. 2012;12:3695–3700. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl301485q
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li H, Wu J, Yin Z, et al. Preparation and applications of mechanically exfoliated single-layer and multilayer MoS2 and WSe2 nanosheets. Acc Chem Res. 2014;47:1067–1075. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ar4002312
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coleman JN, Lotya M, O’Neill A, et al. Two-dimensional nanosheets produced by liquid exfoliation of layered materials. Science. 2011;331:568–571. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194975
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huang Y, Miao YE, Zhang L, et al. Synthesis of few-layered MoS2 nanosheet-coated electrospun SnO2 nanotube heterostructures for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction. Nanoscale. 2014;6:10673–10679. doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR02014F.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang X, Liu W, Xiong M, et al. Au nanoparticles on ultrathin MoS2 sheets for plasmonic organic solar cells. J Mater Chem A. 2014;2:14798–14806. doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA03178D.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liu X, Li L, Wei Y, et al. Facile synthesis of boron- and nitride-doped MoS2 nanosheets as fluorescent probes for the ultrafast, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg2+. Analyst. 2015;140:4654–4661. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5AN00641D
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen Z, Cummins D, Reinecke BN, et al. Core–shell MoO3–MoS2 nanowires for hydrogen evolution: a functional design for electrocatalytic materials. Nano Lett. 2011;11:4168–4175. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl2020476
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu X, Yan X, Dai Y, et al. Facile synthesis of AgNPs/MoS2 nanocomposite with excellent electrochemical properties. Mater Lett. 2015;152:128–130. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.03.118.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vattikuti SVP, Byon C. Synthesis and characterization of molybdenum disulfide nanoflowers and nanosheets: nanotribology. J Nanomater. 2015;2015.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li H, Yu K, Lei X, et al. Synthesis of the MoS2@CuO heterogeneous structure with improved photocatalysis performance and H2O adsorption analysis. Dalt Trans. 2015;44:10438–10447. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT01125F
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang L, Chai Y, Ren J, et al. Ag3PO4 nanoparticles loaded on 3D flower-like spherical MoS2: a highly efficient hierarchical heterojunction photocatalyst. Dal. Trans. 2015;44:14625–14634. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT01961C
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peng WC, Wang X, Li XY. The synergetic effect of MoS2 and graphene on Ag3PO4 for its ultra-enhanced photocatalytic activity in phenol degradation under visible light. Nanoscale. 2014;6:8311–8317. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr01654h
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhan W, Yuan Y, Yang B, et al. Construction of MoS2 nano-heterojunction via ZnS doping for enhancing in-situ photocatalytic reduction of gold thiosulfate complex. Chem Eng J. 2020;394:124866. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124866.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhan W, Jia F, Yuan Y, et al. Controllable incorporation of oxygen in MoS2 for efficient adsorption of Hg2+ in aqueous solutions. J Hazard Mater. 2020;384:121382. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121382.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manibalan G, Murugadoss G, Thangamuthu R, et al. Enhanced photocatalytic activity of CeO2@α-MoO3 heterostructure. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron. 2018;29:13692–13702.
   Google Scholar
• Manibalan G, Murugadoss G, Thangamuthu R, et al. High electrochemical performance and enhanced electrocatalytic behavior of a hydrothermally synthesized highly crystalline heterostructure CeO2@NiO nanocomposite. Inorg Chem. 2019;58:13843–13861. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01723
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murugadoss G, Thangamuthu R, Rajesh Kumar M. Formamidinium lead iodide perovskite: structure, shape and optical tuning via hydrothermal method. Mater Lett. 2018;231:16–19. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.08.003.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murugadoss G, Thangamuthu R, Senthil Kumar SM, et al. Synthesis of ligand-free, large scale with high quality all-inorganic CsPbI3 and CsPb2Br5 nanocrystals and fabrication of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells. J Alloys Compd. 2019;787:17–26. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.02.018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pirhashemi M, Habibi-Yangjeh A. Ultrasonic-assisted preparation of plasmonic ZnO/Ag/Ag2WO4 nanocomposites with high visible-light photocatalytic performance for degradation of organic pollutants. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017;491:216–229. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.12.044.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pirhashemi M, Habibi-Yangjeh A. Zno/NiWO4/Ag2CrO4 nanocomposites with p-n-n heterojunctions: highly improved activity for degradations of water contaminants under visible light. Sep Purif Technol. 2018;193:69–80. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2017.11.007.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kumar MR, Murugadoss G, Pirogov AN, et al. A facile one step synthesis of SnO2/CuO and CuO/SnO2 nanocomposites: photocatalytic application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron. 2018;29:13508–13515.
   Google Scholar
• Urusova N, Kumar MR, Semkin M, et al. Crystal structure and magnetic properties of Sr2Ni1-xMgxMoO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75) polycrystals. Solid State Sci. 2020;99:106008. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2019.106008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yu ZJ, Kumar MR, Sun DL, et al. Large scale production of hexagonal ZnO nanoparticles using PVP as a surfactant. Mater Lett. 2016;166:284–287. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.12.102
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yu ZJ, Kumar MR, Chu Y, et al. Photocatalytic decomposition of RhB by newly designed and highly effective CF@ZnO/CdS hierarchical heterostructures. ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2018;6:155–164. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zarezadeh S, Habibi-Yangjeh A, Mousavi M. BiOBr and AgBr co-modified ZnO photocatalyst: A novel nanocomposite with p-n-n heterojunctions for highly effective photocatalytic removal of organic contaminants. J Photochem Photobiol A. 2019;379:11–23. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.05.013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zarezadeh S, Habibi-Yangjeh A, Mousavi M. Fabrication of novel ZnO/BiOBr/C-Dots nanocomposites with considerable photocatalytic performances in removal of organic pollutants under visible light. Adv Powder Technol. 2019;30:1197–1209. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2019.03.016.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar