<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thang, Nguyen Quoc</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sabbah, Amr</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li-Chyong Chen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuei-Hsien Chen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thi, Cao Minh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viet, Pham Van</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High-efficient photocatalytic degradation of commercial drugs for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment prospects: A case study of Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposite materials</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemosphere</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ag/g-CN/ZnO nanorods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalyst dose</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Commercial pharmaceuticals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalytic degradation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visible light</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653521014430</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">282</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">130971</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0045-6535</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Pharmaceutical drugs' removal from wastewater by photocatalytic oxidation process is considered as an attractive approach and environmentally friendly solution. This report aims to appraise the practical application potential of Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods toward the wastewater treatment of the pharmaceutical industry. The catalysts are synthesized by straightforward and environmentally-friendly strategies. Specifically, g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods heterostructure is constructed by a simple self-assembly method, and then Ag nanoparticles are decorated on g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods by a photoreduction route. The results show that three commercial drugs (paracetamol, amoxicillin, and cefalexin) with high concentration (40 mg L−1) are significantly degraded in the existence of a small dosage of Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods (0.08 g L−1). The Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods photocatalyst exhibits degradation performance of paracetamol higher 3.8, 1.8, 1.3 times than pristine g-C3N4, ZnO nanorods, and g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods. Furthermore, Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO nanorods have an excellent reusability and a chemical stability that achieved paracetamol degradation efficiency of 78% and remained chemical structure of the photocatalyst after five cycles. In addition, the photocatalytic mechanism explanation and comparison of photocatalytic drugs’ degradation ability have also been discussed in this study.&lt;/p&gt;
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