The research group of research associate Ziyang Lu of our institute, published a research paper on Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and was pushed by WeChat official account

The research group of research associate Ziyang Lu of our institute published the research paper “Development of magnetic imprinted PEDOT/CdS heterojunction photocatalytic nanoreactors: 3-Dimensional specific recognition for selectively photocatalyzing danofloxacin mesylate” on the authoritative journal Applied Catalysis B: environmental (Impact factor 19.503, zone 1 (Top)) in the field of environmental engineering. The paper was selected into the top 0.1% of ESI hot papers and the top 1% of ESI highly cited papers.

Magnetic imprinted PEDOT/CdS heterojunction photocatalytic nanoreactors are synergistically synthesized by the microwave-assisted surface imprinting technique. The coating of the PEDOT imprinted layer is conducive to the three-dimensional (3D) specific recognition and selective photocatalysis of danofloxacin mesylate due to the formation of imprinted cavities. The representative specific degradation selectivity coefficient of the developed nanoreactor relative to CdS/Fe₃O₄/HNT and magnetic non-imprinted PEDOT/CdS heterojunction is 2.08 and 2.11, respectively, clearly elaborating the excellent selectivity. The introduction of Fe₃O₄ into PEDOT/CdS heterojunction enhances the transfer of photoexcited electrons, thereby, the photocatalytic activity has been significantly boosted up to ∼84.84 %. Meanwhile, the existence of PEDOT imprinted layer not only extracts the photoinduced holes produced by CdS, but also encapsulates CdS, which effectively inhibits the CdS photocorrosion and hinders its secondary pollution. With the improved selectivity and photocatalytic activity, our work paves the way to efficiently remove the target pollutant aiming at the practical application requirements.

This research work was not only selected in the top 0.1% of ESI hot papers and the top 1% of ESI highly cited papers, but also reported by WeChat official account of "eco environment science".

Full text link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118433

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