scholarly journals Environmental photocatalytic processes with POM. The photodecomposition of atrazine and photoreduction of metal ions from aqueous solutions

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hiskia ◽  
A. Troupis ◽  
E. Papaconstantinou

Polyoxometalate anions (POM), resulting from the condensation of tungstate anions in strongly acidified solutions, can absorb efficiently light in the UV-near Vis region.The produced excited state is a very powerful oxidative reagent which can, mainly via OH radical attack, oxidize and mineralize a great variety of organic pollutants in aqueous solutions, while the photocatalytic circle is closed by reoxidation of the reduced POM, mainly, byO2. Metal ions can also serve as oxidants and close the photocatalytic cycle. In the process metal ions are reduced, precipitated and removed from the solution. Thus photocatalytic treatment for decontamination of waste waters from both organic and inorganic pollutants (metal ions) can be, in principle, achieved.POM+S→hνPOMred+SoxPOMred+Mn+→POM+MredAtrazine, a widely used herbicide with s-triazine structure, is photodecomposed to cyanuric acid in presence ofSiW12O404-in aqueous solutions. However, no precipitation of metal ions is obtained when atrazine is the sole organic substrate in aqueous solutions. The low solubility of atrazine produces insufficient concentration of reduced POM to cause precipitation.

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Maranescu ◽  
Lavinia Lupa ◽  
Aurelia Visa

AbstractThe increase attention in the area of phosphonate metal organic framework is exemplified with a variety of applications and a rich chemistry of these compounds. Water pollution caused by heavy metal ions is a major concern due to their toxicity to many life forms. In order to decrease the heavy metals impact upon the environment various technologies of water treatment such as: chemical sedimentation, ion exchange, redox process are studied. The tendency is to find a versatile and economical method of heavy metals removal from waste waters. Phosphonate metal organic frameworks were obtained by the reaction of Ni(CH3COO)2·4H2O, phosphonic acid (phosphonoacetic (CP), vinyl phosphonic acid (VP) and N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)glycine (Gly)) in hydrothermal conditions. Coordination polymers synthesized were characterized by FTIR, XRD, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The adsorption processes represent a very good alternative for heavy metals removal due to low costs and ease of operation. In the present paper the adsorption performance of the mentioned materials in the removal process of heavy metals from aqueous solutions, was studied using the batch method. The adsorption conditions were investigated by varying the initial pH, contact time and adsorbate initial concentration for chromium metal ions removal from aqueous solutions. It was found that the adsorption efficiency of the studied materials in the removal process of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions is in the following order: Ni-CP<Ni-Gly≤Ni-VP.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miral Dizdaroglu ◽  
Klaus Neuwald ◽  
Clemens Von Sonntag

In the γ-radiolysis of deoxygenated N2O-saturated aqueous solutions of thymidine (10-3 M, room temperature, dose rate 4· 1018 eV/g.h., dose 6.7 1017-3.3 • 1018 eV/g) the following products (G-values in parentheses) have been identified : 2,5-dideoxy-pentos-4-ulose (1) (0.01), 2,4-dideoxy-pentodialdose (2) (0.02), 2,4-dideoxy-pentos-3-ulose (3) (0.03), 2,3-dideoxy-pentos-4-ulose (4) (0.01), 2-deoxy-pentos-4-ulose (5) (0.1), 2-deoxyribonic acid (6) (0.02) and thymine (8) ( ≤ 0.2). In the presence of oxygen (N2O/O2 80/20 v/v saturated) products 1-4 are absent, G (5) = 0.2, G (6) = 0.07 and G (8) ≤ 0.4. Furthermore, 2-deoxy-tetrodialdose (7) which is absent in deoxygenated solution is formed with a G-value of 0.03. Mechanisms are proposed to account for the scission of the N-glycosidic linkage. Product 6 is thought to be due to a primary OH radical attack at C-1′ of the sugar moiety, 8 arises from an attack at C-3′, 1, 4 and 5 from an attack at C-4′, and 2 and 7 from an attack at C-5′.


2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 2323-2330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela C. Culita ◽  
Claudia Maria Simonescu ◽  
Rodica Elena Patescu ◽  
Nicolae Stanica

A series of three chitosan-based magnetic composites was prepared through a simple coprecipitation method. It was investigated the influence of mass ratio between chitosan and magnetite on the physical and chemical properties of the composites in order to establish the optimum conditions for obtaining a composite with good adsorption capacity for Pb(II) and Cu(II) from mono and bicomponent aqueous solutions. It was found that the microspheres prepared using mass ratio chitosan / magnetite 1.25/1, having a saturation magnetization of 15 emu g--1, are the best to be used as adsorbent for the metal ions. The influence of different parameters such as initial pH values, contact time, initial concentration of metal ions, on the adsorption of Pb(II) and Cu(II) onto the chitosan-based magnetic adsorbent was investigated in details. The adsorption process fits the pseudo-second-order kinetic model in both mono and bicomponent systems, and the maximum adsorption capacities calculated on the basis of the Langmuir model were 79.4 mg g--1 for Pb(II) and 48.5 mg g--1 for Cu(II) in monocomponent systems, while in bicomponent systems were 88.3 and 49.5 mg g--1, respectively. The results revealed that the as prepared chitosan-based magnetic adsorbent can be an effective and promising adsorbent for Pb(II) and Cu(II) from mono and bicomponent aqueous solutions.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Reddad ◽  
C. Gérente ◽  
Y. Andrès ◽  
P. Le Cloirec

In the present work, sugar beet pulp, a common waste from the sugar refining industry, was studied in the removal of metal ions from aqueous solutions. The ability of this cheap biopolymer to sorb several metals namely Pb2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Ni2+ in aqueous solutions was investigated. The metal fixation capacities of the sorbent were determined according to operating conditions and the fixation mechanisms were identified. The biopolymer has shown high elimination rates and interesting metal fixation capacities. A pseudo-second-order kinetic model was tested to investigate the adsorption mechanisms. The kinetic parameters of the model were calculated and discussed. For 8 × 10-4 M initial metal concentration, the initial sorption rates (v0) ranged from 0.063 mmol.g-1.min-1 for Pb2+ to 0.275 mmol.g-1.min-1 for Ni2+ ions, with the order: Ni2+ &gt; Cd2+ &gt; Zn2+ &gt; Cu2+ &gt; Pb2+. The equilibrium data fitted well with the Langmuir model and showed the following affinity order of the material: Pb2+ &gt; Cu2+ &gt; Zn2+ &gt; Cd2+ &gt; Ni2+. Then, the kinetic and equilibrium parameters calculated qm and v0 were tentatively correlated to the properties of the metals. Finally, equilibrium experiments in multimetallic systems were performed to study the competition of the fixation of Pb2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+ cations. In all cases, the metal fixation onto the biopolymer was found to be favourable in multicomponent systems. Based on these results, it is demonstrated that this biosorbent represents a low-cost solution for the treatment of metal-polluted wastewaters.


1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Tamaura ◽  
P. Q. Tu ◽  
S. Rojarayanont ◽  
H. Abe

Stabilization of the hazardous materials by the Fe3O4-coating method was studied. In the ferrite-formation reaction in the aqueous solution, the adsorption of the metal ions and the oxidation of the adsorbed Fe(II) ions are repeated on the surface of the ferrite particles. This reaction was adopted to the coating of the hazardous materials with the Fe3O4(or ferrite). By repeating the two steps of l)the addition of the Fe(II) aqueous solution into the suspension of the hazardous materials, and 2)the oxidation by passing air through the reaction suspension, with the Fe3O4 layer, we could coat the surfaces of the hazardous materials, such as the heavy metal sludge from the neutralization-precipitation process, the CaF2 precipitates in the treatment of the waste waters containing fluoride ion along with hazardous metal ions, and the soils containing Cd(II) ion. These Fe3O4-coated hazardous materials are very stable and no heavy metal ions are leached under the normal environmental conditions. The ferrite sludges formed in the “Ferrite Process” were highly stabilized by the present method, and by the heat-treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuze Lin ◽  
Yuchuan Shao ◽  
Jun Dai ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
...  

AbstractIntentional doping is the core of semiconductor technologies to tune electrical and optical properties of semiconductors for electronic devices, however, it has shown to be a grand challenge for halide perovskites. Here, we show that some metal ions, such as silver, strontium, cerium ions, which exist in the precursors of halide perovskites as impurities, can n-dope the surface of perovskites from being intrinsic to metallic. The low solubility of these ions in halide perovskite crystals excludes the metal impurities to perovskite surfaces, leaving the interior of perovskite crystals intrinsic. Computation shows these metal ions introduce many electronic states close to the conduction band minimum of perovskites and induce n-doping, which is in striking contrast to passivating ions such as potassium and rubidium ion. The discovery of metallic surface doping of perovskites enables new device and material designs that combine the intrinsic interior and heavily doped surface of perovskites.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1099
Author(s):  
Sheng-Chun Hung ◽  
Chih-Cheng Lu ◽  
Yu-Ting Wu

The optical characteristics of copper ion detection, such as the photometric absorbance of specific wavelengths, exhibit significant intensity change upon incident light into the aqueous solutions with different concentrations of metal ions due to the electron transition in the orbit. In this study, we developed a low-cost, small-size and fast-response photoelectric sensing prototype as an optic sensor for copper (Cu) ions detection by utilizing the principle of optical absorption. We quantified the change of optical absorbance from infra-red (IR) light emitting diodes (LEDs) upon different concentrations of copper ions and the transmitted optical signals were transferred to the corresponding output voltage through a phototransistor and circuit integrated in the photoelectric sensing system. The optic sensor for copper (Cu) ions demonstrated not only excellent specificity with other metal ions such as cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe) and chloride (Cl) ions in the same aqueous solution but also satisfactory linearity and reproducibility. The sensitivity of the preliminary sensing system for copper ions was 29 mV/ppm from 0 to 1000 ppm. In addition, significant ion-selective characteristics and anti-interference capability were also observed in the experiments by the proposed approach.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 3725-3731
Author(s):  
Juan Huang ◽  
Weirong Cui ◽  
Ruping Liang ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Jianding Qiu

Novel porous BMTTPA–CS–GO nanocomposites are prepared by covalently grafting BMTTPA–CS onto GO surfaces, and used for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from polluted water.


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