scholarly journals Titanium dioxide as a Catalyst for Photodegradation of Various Concentrations of Methyl Orange and Methyl Red dyes using Hg Vapour Lamp with Constant pH

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 1000-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kistan ◽  
V. Kanchana ◽  
L. Sakayasheela ◽  
J. Sumathi ◽  
A. Premkumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Methyl Orange ◽  
Methyl Red ◽  
Constant Ph

scholarly journals Preparation of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibres for the Photodegradation of Methyl Orange

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardon Nyamukamba ◽  
Omobola Okoh ◽  
Lilian Tichagwa ◽  
Corinne Greyling
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Methyl Orange ◽  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles ◽  
Xrd Analysis ◽  
Rutile Phase ◽  
Electrospinning Technique ◽  
Carbon Nanofibres

Herein, we describe the synthesis of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles by the hydrolysis and condensation of titanium tetrachloride. The resulting nanoparticles were immobilized on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based nanofibres by an electrospinning technique in order to allow simple isolation and reuse of titania semiconductor photocatalyst. The composite nanofibres were heat treated to convert the polymer nanofibres to carbon nanofibres and to convert amorphous TiO2to crystalline TiO2. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that the rutile phase was the major phase and the equatorial peaks of PAN disappeared after heat treatment at 600°C. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis confirmed that some TiO2nanoparticles were encapsulated whereas some were surface residing on the electrospun nanofibres. The TiO2nanoparticles were found to lower the cyclization temperature of PAN as indicated by differential scanning colorimetry (DSC) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Photocatalytic studies on the degradation of methyl orange dye under UV light irradiation showed that composite nanofibres were capable of degrading organic contaminants in water. The carbon nanofibres with surface residing titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2/CNF-SR) showed the highest photocatalytic activity (59.35% after 210 minutes) due to direct contact between the TiO2photocatalyst and methyl orange.

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