Efficient removal of ciprofloxacin from water by BiOX/GaMOF S-scheme heterojunction: A synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalysis

• MOF with enhanced adsorption capacity and stability centered around a gallium atom. • The adsorption capacity of BiOX for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin was significantly improved by the addition of GaMOF. • The S-scheme heterojunction of BiOX/GaMOF efficiently removes ciprofloxacin. • A predictive model for ciprofloxacin adsorption on GaMOF has been constructed. Human health is seriously threatened by the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance brought on by drug residues. A new BiOX/GaMOF photocatalyst with an S-scheme heterojunction was created using a hydrothermal process to solve this problem. The easily produced GaMOF can aggressively adsorb contaminants in water due to the high Lewis acidity of…

• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

  Award: 2020JJB160053
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 12205056, 51972068
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province
• GN
  Guangxi Normal University
• GK
  Guangxi Key Lab of Manufacturing System and Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  Award: 20-065-40S007