[Characteristics and selectivity of photocatalytic-degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride].

The photocatalytic-degradation behavior of tetracycline hydrochloride (TTC) was studied. The catalyst used was photosensitive semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO2). The results showed that the photocatalytic degradation of TTC was well fitted to first order reaction kinetics model, and the adsorption was the control step of the whole photocatalytic-degradation process, indicating that the main degradation path was the photocatalytic reaction of TTC adsorbed on the surface of TiO2. Besides, through photocatalytic-degradation of the mixed solution of TTC and sulfamethoxazole or amoxicillin, the degradation of the two antibiotics showed obvious selectivity when the pH, TiO2 dosage and other conditions were changed.