degradation of meropenem by tio2/modified porous carbon catalyst by ionic liquid

Antibiotics, pollutants from industrial and hospital wastewater, are highly resistant to degradation# they disturb environmental balance and cause undesirable effects on humans and animals# it is very important to remove these pollutants# one of the most effective methods for removing these pollutants is the advanced oxidation method#tio2 is one of the semiconductor metals with good photocatalytic activity and is activated under uv light range# in this work to prevent titanium dioxide agglomeration, tio2 is coated on both porous carbon (tio2/c) and porous carbon modified by ionic liquid (tio2/c(modified))# these catalysts were applied to to remove antibiotics# the activity of these photocatalyist has been investigated by uv-vis and xrd analyzes performed to determine the phases# degradation of meropenem was 92% and 95% for tio2/c and tio2/c(modified) respectively#