Review on the Visible Light Photocatalysis for the Decomposition of Ciprofloxacin, Norfloxacin, Tetracyclines, and Sulfonamides Antibiotics in Wastewater

Antibiotics are chemical compounds that used to kill or prevent bacterial growth. They in different fields, such as the medical field, agriculture, and veterinary. end up wastewater, which causes threat of developing antibacterial resistance; therefore, antibiotics must be eliminated from wastewater. Different conventional elimination methods limited due their high cost effort, incomplete elimination. Semiconductor-assisted photocatalysis arises an effective method for organic wastes including antibiotics. A variety semiconducting materials were tested eliminate wastewater; nevertheless, research is still ongoing some limitations. This review summarizes recent studies regarding material modifications antibiotic degradation using visible light irradiation.