A highly efficient and sustainable Cu/[email protected] composite membrane was synthesized for the removal of typical dyes and antibiotics by incorporating a Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4 heterojunction (Cu/CN) onto a cellulose acetate (CA) membrane. The 0.2Cu/[email protected] membrane with optimized Cu/CN doping achieved superior Congo red (CR) and tetracycline (TC) adsorption capacities of 250.8 and 48.43 mg/g, respectively. Notably, the exhausted 0.2Cu/[email protected] after adsorption saturation could be effectively self-cleaned under natural solar irradiation. Consecutive adsorption-photocatalytic experiments revealed its fine stability and recyclability. Mechanistic exploration based on experimental analysis and DFT (Density Function Theory) calculations revealed that cellulose acetate accommodates the charge transfer interactions between g-C3N4 and Cu2(OH)2CO3, wherein many photogenerated electrons were generated and migrated from g-C3N4 to Cu2(OH)2CO3. This type II heterojunction transfer pathway induced the strong oxidizability of the 0.2Cu/[email protected] membrane with plenty of active species for the photocatalytic degradation of the adsorbed CR and TC contaminants under solar light irritation. This study provided a novel sustainable membrane-based adsorbent for the enhanced dye and antibiotic contaminant remediation of aquatic environments.
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