Degradation of crystal violet over heterogeneous TiO2-based catalysts: The effect of process parameters
| Autor: | B Marija Vasic, S Marjan Randjelovic, Z Milan Momcilovic, Z Branko Matovic, R Aleksandra Zarubica |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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photocatalytic activity
Materials science Scanning electron microscope nanopowders 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Catalysis law.invention lcsh:TP785-869 chemistry.chemical_compound law titania Calcination Crystal violet Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Zr-doping Chromatography Dopant heterogeneous catalysts 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences lcsh:Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass chemistry Ceramics and Composites Photocatalysis Degradation (geology) 0210 nano-technology Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Processing and Application of Ceramics, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 189-198 (2016) Processing and Application of Ceramics |
| ISSN: | 2406-1034 1820-6131 |
| DOI: | 10.2298/pac1603189v |
| Popis: | In this study, modified sol-gel method was employed to synthesize the pure and Zr-doped titania catalysts. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method was applied to determine porosity, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to study crystal structure, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to investigate morphology and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to examine surface properties/total acidity of the obtained catalysts samples. Photocatalytic activity was tested in the reaction of crystal violet (CV) dye decolourization/degradation under UV light irradiation. The effects of several photocatalysis operational parameters were considered, such as catalyst dosage, initial dye concentrations, duration of UV irradiation treatment, as well as catalysts calcination temperatures and dopant amounts. The obtained results indicated faster dye decolourization/degradation with the increase of the catalyst dosage and the decrease of initial CV concentrations. The Zr-doping affects photocatalytic properties, i.e. CV decolourization/degradation of the prepared catalytic materials. Thus, addition of 5 wt.% of ZrO2 to titania increases photocatalytic effect for ~15% and addition of 10 wt.% of ZrO2 improves the photocatalytic efficiency of titania for nearly 30%. |
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