Mechanistic QSAR models for interpreting degradation rates of sulfonamides in UV-photocatalysis systems
Mechanistic QSAR models for interpreting degradation rates of sulfonamides in UV-photocatalysis systems
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用于解释紫外光催化系统中磺胺类药物降解率的机械 QSAR 模型
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.075
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发表时间:
2015-11-01
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8.8
通讯作者:
Zou, Xiaoming
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作者:
Huang, Xiangfeng;Feng, Yi;Zou, Xiaoming
Photocatalysis is one of the most effective methods for treating antibiotic wastewater. Thus, it is of great significance to determine the relationship between degradation rates and structural characteristics of antibiotics in photocatalysis processes. In the present study, the photocatalytic degradation characteristics of 10 sulfonamides (SAs) were studied using two photocatalytic systems composed of nanophase titanium dioxide (nTiO(2)) plus ultraviolet (UV) and nTiO(2)/activated carbon fiber (ACF) plus UV. The results indicated that the largest apparent SA degradation rate constant (K-app) is approximately 5 times as large as that of the smallest one. Based on the degradation mechanism and the partial least squares regression (PLS) method, optimum Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) models were developed for the two systems. Mechanistic models indicated that the degradation rule of SAs in the TiO2 systems strongly relates to their highest occupied molecular orbital (E-homo), the maximum values of nucleophilic attack (f(+)(x)), and the minimum values of the most negative partial charge on a main-chain atom (q(C)(min)), whereas the maximum values of OH radical attack (f(0)(x)) and the apparent adsorption rate constant values (k(ad)) are key factors affecting the degradation rule of SAs in the TiO2/ACF system. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.