Facile synthesis of nanostrip-structured pseudo-boehmite "nest" for nano-TiO2/ γ-Al2O3construction to remove tetracycline hydrochloride in water

Wenjing Fu; Cundi Wei; Shaonan Xu; Enhui Wang; Jinyi Zhang; You Xu; Jiyuan Zou; Jilun Wei; Jing Zuo

doi:10.1088/1361-6528/acc33d

Facile synthesis of nanostrip-structured pseudo-boehmite "nest" for nano-TiO₂/ γ-Al₂O₃construction to remove tetracycline hydrochloride in water

Nanotechnology. 2023 Mar 28;34(24). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc33d.

Authors

Wenjing Fu¹, Cundi Wei¹, Shaonan Xu¹, Enhui Wang¹, Jinyi Zhang¹, You Xu¹, Jiyuan Zou¹, Jilun Wei², Jing Zuo¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, Jilin Prov., People's Republic of China.
² Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14201, United States of America.

PMID: 36898149
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc33d

Abstract

A particular bird's nest-like pseudo-boehmite (PB) composed of cohesive nanostrips was prepared by a novel and facile approach based on the reaction of Al-Ga-In-Sn alloy and water, together with ammonium carbonate. The PB possesses a large specific surface area (465.2 m²g^-1), pore volume (1.0 cm³g^-1), and pore diameter (8.7 nm). Subsequently, it was utilized as a precursor to form the TiO₂/γ-Al₂O₃nanocomposite for tetracycline hydrochloride removal. The removal efficiency can reach above 90% at TiO₂:PB = 1:1.5 under the Sunlight irradiation simulated by a LED lamp. Our results indicate that the nest-like PB is a promising carrier precursor for efficient nanocomposite catalysts.

Keywords: Al-H2O reaction; TiO2/γ-Al2O3 nanocomposite; antibiotic removal; pseudo-boehmite nanostructure.