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The widespread use of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in many fields has brought convenience to human lives but has also caused unavoidable environmental pollution issues. In particular, the resistance gene problem resulting from accumulating antibiotics that cannot be fully absorbed by biological individuals has been a concern; thus, it is urgent to find efficient technologies to boost the degradation efficiency of antibiotics in the environment. Here, an epsilon-MnO2 catalyst was prepared by a novel droplet-interface-drying method and utilized as a Fenton-like catalyst for efficiently degrading ciprofloxacin (CIP). The epsilon-MnO2 shell was formed preferentially at the gas-liquid interface and then continued to decompose into epsilon-MnO2 with abundant O vacancies in the air-insulated microcavity. The XPS result confirms that this particular preparation method can regulate the content of O vacancies in the material. Compared with epsilon-MnO2 samples obtained by the direct drying method (epsilon-MnO2-B), the catalytic performance of epsilon-MnO2 prepared by the droplet-interface-drying method (epsilon-MnO2-P) is significantly improved. By activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) with the epsilon-MnO2-P catalyst, the CIP degradation efficiency can reach 84.1%. The detection and analysis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the epsilon-MnO2-P/PMS oxidation system confirms that OH, SO4- and O-1(2) are the main ROS for CIP degradation. This study highlights the creation of miniature hypoxic space to regulate the content of O vacancies in epsilon-MnO2, providing a new idea for the synthesis of other O-vacancy-rich materials.
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CRYSTALS
ISSN: 2073-4352
Year: 2023
Issue: 12
Volume: 13
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JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:3
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