Photo-induced oxidation of ceftriaxone by persulfate in the presence of iron oxides.

The present study focuses on degradation and mineralization of a third generation cephalosporin antibiotic ceftriaxone (CTA) in UVA- and UVC-induced persulfate (PS) system combined with heterogeneous (α-FeO(OH) and FeO) activators. The CTA oxidation efficiency was investigated in buffered solution (pH 7.4) to stimulate the inhibitory properties of environmental and processed water matrices.