Catalytic degradation of Acid Orange 7 by H2O2as promoted by either bare or V-loaded titania under UV light, in dark conditions, and after incubating the catalysts in ascorbic acid

Autor: Edoardo Garrone, Marco Piumetti, Giovanny Esteban Gonzalez, Marco Armandi, Francesca Stefania Freyria, Barbara Bonelli, Guido Saracco
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity. 1:183-191
ISSN: 2055-0758
2055-074X
Popis: Pure and V-loaded mesoporous titania (with 2.5 wt-% V) were prepared by template-assisted synthesis and compared to commercial titania (Degussa P25), both as such and after vanadium loading. Mesoporous TiO2 occurred as pure anatase nanoparticles with higher surface area (SSA = 150 m2 g−1) than P25 (SSA = 56 m2 g−1).Degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange 7 by H2O2 was used as a test reaction: under UV light, no difference emerged between mesoporous TiO2 and P25, whereas in dark conditions, higher SSA of the mesoporous sample resulted in higher conversions. Under UV illumination, surface V5+ species inhibited photocatalytic activity, by forming inactive V4+ species. Similarly, in dark conditions, V5+ surface species reacted with H2O2, likely yielding ·O2H radicals and reducing to V4+. On the contrary, V-containing catalysts were very active after pretreatment with ascorbic acid, which reduced V5+ species to V3+species, the latter promoting very lively a Fenton-like reaction.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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