Photocatalytic Decomposition of Amoxicillin Trihydrate Antibiotic in Aqueous Solutions under UV Irradiation Using Sn/TiO2 Nanoparticles

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Sample</td><td align="center">BET surface area (m2 g−1)</td><td align="center">Total pore volume (cm3 g−1)</td><td align="center">Mean pore diameter (nm)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> TiO2</td><td align="center">47.03</td><td align="center">0.112</td><td align="center">9.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 1.5 mol% Sn/TiO2</td><td align="center">80.03</td><td align="center">0.178</td><td align="center">8.9</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

BET data for TiO2 and 1.5 mol% Sn/TiO2.

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 3: Photocatalytic Decomposition of Amoxicillin Trihydrate Antibiotic in Aqueous Solutions under UV Irradiation Using Sn/TiO2 Nanoparticles