Photocatalytic degradation of model pharmaceutical pollutant by novel magnetic TiO2@ZnFe2O4/Pd nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability under solar light irradiation

نویسندگانMohammad Hossein Sayadi,Mahmood Hajiani
نشریهJournal of Environmental Management
شماره صفحات110964-110964
شماره سریال271
شماره مجلد19
ضریب تاثیر (IF)4.01
نوع مقالهFull Paper
تاریخ انتشار2020
رتبه نشریهISI
نوع نشریهچاپی
کشور محل چاپایران
نمایه نشریهJCR،Scopus

چکیده مقاله

In the last decades, the use of magnetic nanocomposites as a catalyst was considered for removal of organic pollutants due to its easy separation. Therefore, initially, TiO2@ZnFe2O4/Pd nanocomposite was prepared and then used in the photodegradation of diclofenac under direct solar irradiation in the batch and continuous systems. The structure, morphology and other specifications of produced nanocatalyst were determined via XRD, VSM, FESEM/EDX, FTIR, GTA, UV-Vis, Zeta potential, XPS and ICP-OES. The effective factors on diclofenac removal via nanophotocatalyst viz. pH, catalyst concentration, initial concentration of diclofenac, and flow rate and column length on diclofenac photodegradation were studied. Based on the results, the optimal rate for pH, catalyst concentration, and initial concentration of diclofenac was 4, 0.03 g/l and 10 mg/l respectively. Pd-coated TiO2@ZnFe2O4 magnetic photocatalyst had higher photocatalytic activity in diclofenac photodegradation in relation to ZnFe2O4 and TiO2@ZnFe2O4 under solar light irradiation. The findings showed that after five recycles, the photocatalytic efficiency did not show much reduction i.e. the removal efficiency from 86. 1% in the first cycle reduced only to 71.38% in the last cycle. Likewise, in this study, with flow rate reduction and column length increase diclofenac degradation rate increased.

لینک ثابت مقاله

tags: Composite TiO2@ZnFe2O4/Pd photocatalyst, Batch and continuous systems, Visible light photocatalysis, Photocatalytic degradation, Diclofenac photocatalytic degradation, magnetic characteristics of the photocatalyst