Peroxydisulfate (PDS) based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are widely used for the degradation of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCP) in wastewater treatment. In this study, a Fe-doped g-C3N5 (Fe@g-C3N5) was synthesized as a photocatalyst for catalyzing the PDS-based AOPs to degrade tetracycline hydrochloride (TH) at pH 3 and Naproxen (NPX) at pH 7. The photocatalytic performance of Fe@g-C3N5 was 19% and 67% higher than g-C3N5 and g-C3N4 for degradation of TH at pH 3, respectively, while it was 21% and 35% at pH 7. The Fe:N ratio in Fe@g-C3N5, was calculated as 1:3.79, indicating that the doped Fe atom formed a FeN4 structure with an adjacent two-layer graphite structure of g-C3N5, which improved the charge separation capacity of g-C3N5 and act as a new reaction center that can efficiently combine and catalyze the PDS to radicals. Although the intrinsic photo-degradation performance is weak, the photocatalytic performance of Fe@g-C3N5 has great room for the improvement and application in wastewater treatment.
Keywords: AOPs; Fe doped g-C(3)N(5); PPCP; Peroxydisulfate; Photocatalysis.
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