Highly efficient decontamination of tetracycline and pathogen by a natural product-derived Emodin/HAp photocatalyst.

To address the water pollution induced by pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics, and pathogens, natural product emodin, a traditional Chinese medicine with the characteristic large π-conjugation anthraquinone structure, was used to rationally develop a novel Emodin/HAp photocatalyst by integrating with a thermally stable and recyclable support material hydroxyapatite (HAp) through a simple preparation method. It was found that its photocatalytic activity to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) was greatly improved due to the migration of photogenerated electrons and holes between emodin and HAp upon visible light irradiation. Thus, this Emodin/HAp photocatalyst not only quickly photodegraded tetracycline with 99.0% removal efficiency but also exhibited complete photodisinfection of pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus upon visible light irradiation. Therefore, this study offers a new route for the design and preparation of multifunctional photocatalysts using widely available natural products for environmental remediation.

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