Degradation of an Antibiotic from the Fluoroquinolone Group with a New Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalyst

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Alejandro Altamirano UTM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9360-9610
Iván Cóndor Guevara Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Técnica de Manabí (UTM), Av. Urbina, 130105 Portoviejo, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6851-7363
Katherine Terán Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agroindustria, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), 170525 Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5981-9809
Isabel Espinoza Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agroindustria, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), 170525 Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-6208
Luis Ramos Guerrero Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), 170125, Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2654-3989
Wilson Mamani Aguilar Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), Cochabamba, Bolivia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-0461
Christian Sandoval Pauker Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-331X
Paul Vargas Jentzsch Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agroindustria, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), 170525 Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2983-5824
Florinella Muñoz Bisesti Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agroindustria, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), 170525 Quito, Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5015-6455

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33936/revbasdelaciencia.v8i2.5703

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ofloxacin, water treatment, advanced oxidation processes, graphitic carbon nitride, heterogeneous photocatalysis.

Resumen

Ofloxacin (OFL), a fluoroquinolone, is an antibiotic found in hospital wastewater, groundwater, and other water bodies. Its occurrence in water results in several environmental problems, such as the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This research is focused on determining the viability of removing and mineralizing OFL by photocatalysis under visible radiation with a graphitic carbon nitride photocatalyst (GCNP) synthesized from the pyrolysis of urea and calcium oxalate at 600°C. The photocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moreover, the point of zero charge (PZC) of the photocatalyst was determined, and the adsorption isotherms were obtained. The photocatalytic activity of this new material was tested with a synthetic aqueous solution of OFL (20 mg/L) exposed to visible radiation. Three pH values (5, 7, and 10) and three doses of H₂O₂ (41.7, 83.3, and 333.2 mg/L) were considered. The achieved mineralization was evaluated through the decrease in the content of total organic carbon (TOC). The highest degradation of OFL was 23.9% after 40 min, with an initial concentration of H₂O₂ of 83.3 mg/L and a pH value of 10. It was confirmed that the reaction follows a kinetics of pseudo-first order.

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