scholarly journals Novel TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite: a magnetic, reusable and visible-light-driven photocatalyst for efficient photocatalytic removal of chlorinated pesticides from wastewater

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (57) ◽  
pp. 34806-34814 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Ismael ◽  
A. N. El-Shazly ◽  
S. E. Gaber ◽  
M. M. Rashad ◽  
A. H. Kamel ◽  
...  

A TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 heterostructure photocatalyst is fabricated by a simple and low cost ball milling pathway for enhancing the photocatalytic degradation of chlorinated pesticides under UV light irradiation.

2011 ◽  
Vol 233-235 ◽  
pp. 476-480
Author(s):  
Ke Dai ◽  
Hai Bo Chen ◽  
Xu Li ◽  
Hao Chen ◽  
Qiao Yun Huang

The MWNT-TiO2nanocomposite was synthesized via direct growth of TiO2nanoparticles on the surface of the functionalized MWNTs by the hydrothermal treatment and utilized as the photocatalyst in the carbaryl degradation under both visible light and UV light irradiation. Visible-light-driven activity and enhanced UV-light-driven activity are both achieved as the composite MWNTs with TiO2can efficiently enhance the light absorption and charge separation and then photocatalytic activity. The photodegradation efficiency of carbaryl was examined by HPLC and IC techniques, which demonstrates that carbaryl can be readily degraded under visible light irradiation. Based on the obtained experimental results, assisted with the computer simulation of carbaryl molecule on PM3 level, it is presumed that the degradation of carbaryl starts with the break of N21-C23 and C19-N21 bonds and ends in the generation of naphthalen-1-ol before the ring-opening reaction.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (88) ◽  
pp. 47615-47624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Chunbo Liu ◽  
Guoling Wu ◽  
Yang Heng ◽  
Shuang Lin ◽  
...  

In this paper, Fe-doped SrTiO3 (FSTO) photocatalysts were successfully prepared via a facile solvothermal method, and their photocatalytic activities for degrading tetracycline (TC) under visible light irradiation were examined.


2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klinsmann Cheong Lee Khang ◽  
Mohd Hayrie Mohd Hatta ◽  
Siew Ling Lee ◽  
Leny Yuliati

A series of mesoporous ZnO/TiO2 composites were successfully synthesized using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surfactant. The composites of different Zn:Ti molar ratios (0.5:1, 0.75:1, and 1:1) were prepared by impregnating ZnO onto mesoporous TiO2. XRD results verified co-existence of both anatase TiO2 and hexagonal wurtzite ZnO in the ZnO/TiO2 composites. Based on the Tauc plots, all the composites showed almost the same band gap energy of approximately 3.21 eV. The fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results successful covering of ZnO on the surface of the TiO2 as the hydrophilicity property of TiO2 decreased remarkably with the loading of ZnO in the composites. N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms of the samples exhibited type-IV isotherm with a hysteresis loop. The Barrett-Joyner-Halenda pore size distribution revealed that the average pore size of the composites was around 3.6 nm, indicating the formation of mesopores dominantly in the samples. The photocatalytic removal of phenol over the samples under UV light irradiation after 3 h decreased in the order: ZnO/TiO2 composites > anatase TiO2 (with surfactant) > anatase TiO2 (without surfactant) > ZnO. The composite with Zn:Ti molar ratio of 0.75:1 has achieved the highest photocatalytic activity of 36.5% in the removal of phenol under UV light irradiation for 3 h.


2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 1651-1662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phattranit Dumrongrojthanath ◽  
Anukorn Phuruangrat ◽  
Patcharanan Junploy ◽  
Somchai Thongtem ◽  
Titipun Thongtem

2009 ◽  
Vol 172 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 1424-1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. Liu ◽  
D.W. Zhu ◽  
S.J. Liao ◽  
L.Y. Ren ◽  
J.Z. Cui ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 2003-2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Purnachander Rao ◽  
Pannerselvam Sathishkumar ◽  
Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja ◽  
Abdullah M. Asiri ◽  
Palani Sivashanmugam ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1263-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanguo Li ◽  
Chao Shi ◽  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Lijing Sun ◽  
Qiang Sun

Photocatalytic nanocomposites of titanium dioxide (TiO2) were prepared by hydrothermal method. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was applied to prepare various TiO2 composites of doped nanoparticles by using NH4Cl and FeCl3 as sources. The structure and morphology of these composites showed that TiO2 was loaded on surface of RGO. Meanwhile, the agglomeration of TiO2 decreased and the dispersion became uniform for doped materials. Under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, the photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by RGO/TiO2 composites with codoping of N and Fe reached to 90.5%. The photocatalytic degradation was higher than RGO/TiO2 composites and pure TiO2 by 1.8 and 5.9 times, respectively. The role of co-doping composites may have a possible mechanism for toluene under UV light irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic properties were attributed to N and Fe doping which generated intermediate energy level, extended absorption and decreased band gap of UV light.


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