Highly Efficient Solar‐Light‐Driven Photodegradation of Metronidazole by Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Nanocubes Showing Enhanced Catalytic Performances (Small Methods 2/2025)
Photodegradation In article number 2301541, Vomiero, Moretti, Polo, and co-workers set up a new synthetic protocol to obtain nickel hexacyanoferrate (Ni-HCF) nanocubes as suitable photocatalysts toward organic contaminants in water. Ni-HCF nanocubes were tested to remove metronidazole (MDZ), a water contaminant antibiotic. Under simulated solar light, Ni-HCF display substantial photocatalytic activity, degrading 94.3% of MDZ in 6 hours. These achievements highlight the possibility to combine the performance of an earth-abundant catalysts with a renewable energy source for environmental remediation, thus meeting the requirements for a sustainable development.
Authors
- Alberto Vomiero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2935-1165)
- Kamran Akbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4844-3348)
- Isabel Barroso‐Martín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9410-0488)
- Elisa Moretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3983-7951)
- Matteo Bordin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1453-8883)
- Edlind Lushaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-9062)
- Enrique Rodrı́guez-Castellón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4751-1767)
- Letizia Liccardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0836)
- Federico Polo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-396X)
Institutions
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice (IT)
- Luleå University of Technology (SE)
- European Centre for Living Technology (IT)
- Universidad de Málaga (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small Methods
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202570012
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00