scholarly journals Solar Based Photocatalytic Decolorization of Four Commercial Reactive Dyes Utilizing Bound TiO2-Fe3O4 Nanocomposite

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoanes Maria Vianney ◽  
Ivana Rosalyn ◽  
Stephanie Angela

Dye effluent is one of the most prominent source of water contamination. This study investigated the solar based photocatalytic decolorization of four commercial reactive dyes, which are Reactive Turquoise Blue G 133, Reactive Yellow M4g, Reactive Bordeaux B, and Reactive Red M8b using immobilized TiO2-Fe3O4 on three kind of binders as the support, specifically cyanoacrylate glue, oil-based paint, and white Portland cement on PVC plate. TiO2-Fe3O4 was synthesized using sol-gel method and placed in muffle furnace at 773 K. The composite of TiO2-Fe3O4 was characterized using SEM-EDX and XRD. White cement emerged as the best binder in term of the color removal efficiency of all four dyes compared to other binders, which were more than 90% color removal after 3 h of solar irradiation. Moreover, there was significant enhancement on color removal using immobilized photocatalyst on white cement compared to mobile photocatalyst. The kinetic of the decolorization performance followed the pseudo-first-order reaction. The apparent reaction rate constant was found to decrease along with the increase of the dye concentration. The photodecolorization kinetics fitted the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. These protocols and results can be applied into textile industrial primary wastewater treatment using solar as a sustainable light and energy source.

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 667-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Guo Li ◽  
Shou Zhang Li ◽  
Wei Tian

Spherical sponge iron (SSI) with high activity and intension could be prepared through direct reduction by hydrogen. To optimize the reduction technology of SSI and its removal ability for nitrate from wastewater, the influence of reduction time of SSI on nitrate removal percentage was investigated. Because the specific surface area was impact smartly by the reduction time of SSI, it was suggested that nitrate removal ability of SSI should declined with the increasing of reduction time once the reduction time longer than the optimized reduction time. When the reduction time was t1, nitrate removal percentage reached to the maximum. When the nitrate original concentration was 5mg-N/L, the reaction order was closed to 0.7 and the apparent reaction rate constant was 0.323 to 0.359 h-1. When nitrate original concentration increased to 50 mg-N/L, nitrate removal reaction appeared to be the pseudo-first-order reaction, and the apparent reaction rate constant was 0.314 to 0.248 h-1.


2012 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 682-686
Author(s):  
Jun Guo Li ◽  
Shou Zhang Li ◽  
Wei Tian

Spherical sponge iron (SSI) with high activity and intension could be prepared through direct reduction by hydrogen. To optimize the reduction technology of SSI and its removal ability for nitrate from wastewater, the influence of reduction temperature of SSI on nitrate removal was investigated. It was suggested that nitrate removal ability of SSI increased to the summit and then declined with the increasing of reduction temperature. When the reduction temperature of was T4, nitrate removal percentage reached to the maximum. When the original concentration of nitrate was only 5 mg-N/L, the additive quantity of SSI could prove plenty of zero-valent iron in a short time, and reduction temperature of SSI has little influence on nitrate removal. Nitrate removal by SSI appeared to be the pseudo-first-order reaction despite of reduction temperature. While nitrate original concentration was elevated to 50mg-N/L, the reaction order declined to the range of from 0.534 to 0.629 which was closed to 0.5, and the apparent reaction rate constant was 1.411 to 1.773 h-1.


Coatings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeel Riaz ◽  
Amna Ashraf ◽  
Hymna Taimoor ◽  
Sofia Javed ◽  
Muhammad Aftab Akram ◽  
...  

Silver (Ag) and/or aluminum (Al)-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Ag, ZnO:Al) films with different concentrations were produced using sol-gel process and investigated for wettability and photocatalysis. Water contact angle (CA) measurements indicated the films to be hydrophilic with reduced solid/liquid interfacial surface energy upon metal doping. The films were highly transparent (>94%) with red or blue shift in the absorption edge depending on the dopant type (Ag or Al) owing to the Burstein–Moss effect. The ZnO:Ag and ZnO:Al films with 0.5 and 1.0 wt.% metal dopant showed high degradation efficiency in methylene blue (MB) solution under UV irradiation, mainly due to an increase in the photogenerated electron–hole pair recombination time and hydroxyl radicals (·OH) generation. The MB degradation followed pseudo-first-order reaction with maximum apparent reaction rate constant of 2.40 h−1 for the 0.5 wt.% ZnO:Al film. ZnO films with 1.0 wt.% dopant demonstrated excellent photostability and recyclability even after several runs presumably due to reduced Zn2+ dissolution as well as blocking of the active surface area. ZnO:(Ag + Al) film containing 0.5 wt.% Al and Ag showed excellent UV photodegradation of MB and rhodamine blue (RhB) with high levels of photostability over five cycles.


2012 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 406-410
Author(s):  
Jun Guo Li ◽  
Yan Shi ◽  
Na Bi

Spherical sponge iron (SSI) with high activity and intension could be prepared through direct reduction by charcoal or hydrogen. The capability of cadmium removal by SSI was investigated in. It was suggested that the reaction of SSI reduced by hydrogen was higher than that reduced by charcoal, and the increasing rate of pH and cadmium removal in solution by SSI reduced by hydrogen was higher than that reduced by charcoal. Moreover, cadmium removal percentage by SSI reduced with hydrogen was much higher than that reduced by charcoal. When the original concentration of cadmium was 50mg/L, cadmium removal by SSI appeared to be the pseudo-first-order reaction because the reaction order was from 0.861 to 0.984. The apparent reaction rate constant of cadmium removal by SSI reduced with charcoal was 0.586 h-1. While hydrogen was utilized as reduction agent, the apparent reaction rate constant of cadmium removal was increased by 7.3 and 13.7 times.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengpeng Xu ◽  
Shengying Ye ◽  
Xiaolei Cui ◽  
Quan Zhang ◽  
Yan Liang

Background: Improper storage and raw materials make peanut oil susceptible to Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). The semiconductor TiO2 photocatalysis technology is an effective technology which is widely used in sewage treatment, environmental protection and so on. Moreover, the photocatalytic efficiency can be improved by doping I. Method: The experiment is divided into two parts. In the first part, supported TiO2 thin film (STF) was prepared on the quartz glass tube (QGT) by the sol-gel and calcination method and the supported iodine doped supported TiO2 thin film (I-STF) was synthesized using potassium iodate solution. In the second part, the photocatalytic degradation of AFB1 was performed in a self-made photocatalytic reactor. The AFB1 was detected by ELISA kit. Results: The photocatalytic degradation of AFB1 has been proven to follow pseudo first-order reaction kinetics well (R2 > 0.95). The maximum degradation rate of 81.96%, which was reached at the optimum iodine concentration of 0.1mol/L, was 11.38% higher than that with undoped STF. The doping of iodine reduces the band-gap of TiO2, thereby increasing the photocatalytic response range. The proportion of Ti4+ in I-STF has decreased, which means that Ti4+ are replaced by I. The I-STF prepared at iodine concentration of 0.1mol/L has good photocatalytic properties.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1276
Author(s):  
Qian Li ◽  
Xiaoyu Jiang ◽  
Yongfu Lian

The MnFe2O4/BGA (boron-doped graphene aerogel) composite was prepared by hydrothermal treatment of MnFe2O4 particles, boric acid, and graphene oxide. When applied as a photo-Fenton catalyst for the degradation of rhodamine B, the MnFe2O4/BGA composite yielded a degradation efficiency much higher than the sum of those of individual MnFe2O4 and BGA under identical experimental conditions, indicating a strong synergetic effect established between MnFe2O4 and BGA. The catalytic degradation of rhodamine B was proved to follow pseudo first-order kinetics, and the apparent reaction rate constant on the MnFe2O4/BGA composite was calculated to be three- and seven-fold that on BGA and MnFe2O4, respectively. Moreover, the MnFe2O4/BGA composite also demonstrated good reusability and could be reused for four cycles without obvious loss of photocatalytic activity.


2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1251-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bülent Armağan ◽  
Mustafa Turan ◽  
Orhan Özdemir ◽  
Mehmet S. Çelik
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2013 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Qing Shan Li ◽  
Biao Zhan ◽  
Wei Hong ◽  
Guang Zhong Xing

Opal as a carrier, tetrabutyl titanate as a titanium source, TiO2 loaded on opal was prepared by sol-gel technique. The photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, TEM and UV-VIS absorption spectrum. Their photocatalytic activities were examined by the photocatalytic decolorization of methylene blue solution under UV light irradiation. The effects of calcination temperature, the amount of TiO2 loading and pH on photocatalytic activities were discussed. The results show that TiO2 supported on opal induced enhancement of photocatalytic decolorization rant and TiO2 doping is about 30 wt. % with 92.15% of decolorization rate at 700°C.


2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1843-1891
Author(s):  
S. Kutsuna ◽  
L. Chen ◽  
O. Ohno ◽  
N. Negishi ◽  
K. Takeuchi ◽  
...  

Abstract. Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane, CH3CCl3) was found to decompose heterogeneously on seven types of standard clay minerals (23 materials) in dry air at 313 K in the laboratory. All reactions proceeded through the elimination of HCl; CH3CCl3 was converted quantitatively to CH2=CCl2. The activities of the clay minerals were compared via their pseudo-first-order reaction rate constants (k1). A positive correlation was observed between the k1 value and the specific surface area (S) of clay minerals, where the S value was determined by means of the general Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) equation. The k1 value was anti-correlated with the value of n, a parameter of the general BET equation, and correlated with the water content that can be removed easily from the clay minerals. The reaction required no special pretreatment of clay minerals, such as heating at high temperatures; hence, the reaction can be expected to occur in the environment. Photoillumination by wavelengths present in the troposphere did not accelerate the decomposition of CH3CCl3, but it induced heterogeneous photodecomposition of CH2=CCl2. The temperature dependence of k1, the adsorption constants of CH3CC3 and CH2=CCl2, and a surface reaction rate constant were determined for an illite sample. The k1 value increased with increasing temperature. The amount of CH3CCl3 adsorbed on the illite during the reaction was proportional to the partial pressure of CH3CCl3. The reaction was sensitive to relative humidity and the k1 value decreased with increasing relative humidity. However, the reaction was found to proceed at a relative humidity of 22% at 313 K, although the k1 value was about one-twentieth of the value in dry air. The conditions required for the reaction may be present in major desert regions of the world. A simple estimation indicates that the possible heterogeneous decomposition of CH3CC3 on the ground surface in arid regions is worth taking into consideration when inferring the tropospheric lifetime of CH3CC3 and global OH concentration from the global budget concentration of CH3CCl3.


2014 ◽  
Vol 896 ◽  
pp. 541-544
Author(s):  
Is Fatimah ◽  
N. Nunani Yuyun

ZnO-SiO2/Laponite was prepared by sol-gel preparation procedure consit of SiO2 pillarization to laponite followed by ZnO dispersion by using zinc acetate as precursor. The obtained material was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), diffuse reflectance UV-Visible (DRUV-Vis) and N2 adsorption-desorption analysis. The photocatalytic performance of the amterial in methylene blue decolorization was also investigated. Compared with ZnO-SiO2 nanoparticles, it is concluded that ZnO-SiO2/Laponite possess higher photocatalytic activity which obey Temkin isotherm model.


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