journal article·2019-02Open access

BiFeO3-synthesis, characterization and its photocatalytic activity towards doxorubicin degradation from water

Raluca Dumitru, Adelina Ianculescu, Cornelia Păcurariu, Lavinia Lupa, Aniela Pop, Bogdan Vasile, Adrian Surdu, Florica Manea

Ceramics International· Volume 45· Issue 2

Abstract

Pure bismuth ferrite was successfully obtained through the thermolysis of new bismuth ferrioxalate coordination compound, namely BiFe(C2O4)3·3H2O. The synthesized precursor was characterized by chemical analysis, infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The bismuth ferrite obtained after a heating treatment of the precursor for at 450–800 °C/1 h was investigated by X-ray diffraction, FE-SEM, TEM and HRTEM. The obtained pure bismuth ferrite nanoparticles (480 °C) was tested as photocatalyst towards the degradation of doxorubicin (DOX), a well-known anti-cancer drug commonly used for the treatment of various cancer types, which has been detected in hospital effluent water. The comparative results of DOX degradation through photolysis and photocatalysis under UV irradiation showed a great photocatalytic activity of bismuth ferrite towards DOX degradation and mineralization from water. The kinetics aspects were discussed based on the first-order kinetics model that fitted the best the experimental photocatalysis results.
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