Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, KLEF, Greenfields, Vaddeswaram, Vijayawada, 522502, India.
Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 19;8(1):15531. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33818-9.
In this study, a series of photocatalysts were prepared, namely bare 3D-TiO (b-3D-T), magnetic 3D-TiO: (m3D-T) and magnetic 3D-TiO@Hierarchical Porous Graphene Aerogels (HPGA) nanocomposite: (m3D-T-HPGA NC) by solvothermal process. The prepared photocatalysts were analyzed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Diffuse Reflectance Measurement - Ultraviolet (DRS-UV) to know their physical and chemical properties. The photocatalytic degradations of two toxic aquatic pollutants viz., Cr(VI) and bisphenol A (BPA) were tested by using the prepared photocatalysts. Parameters such as initial pollutant concentration, solution pH, photocatalyst dosage, wavelength and light intensity were investigated to optimize the process. The photocatalytic properties of prepared catalyst were analyzed based on the degradation of Cr(VI) and BPA under UV irradiation. The modified photocatalysts showed better performance as compared to b-3D-T photocatalyst. This better performance is ascribed to efficient charge transfer between b-3D-T nanoparticles to the porous graphene sheets. The maximum photocatalytic degradation of Cr(VI) was found to be 100% with m3D-T-HPGA NC within 140 min, whereas a removal efficacy of 100% and 57% was noticed in case of m3D-T and b-3D-T within 200 and 240 min, respectively. In the case of BPA, the maximum degradation efficiency was found to be 90% with m3D-T-HPGA NC within 240 min.
在这项研究中,通过溶剂热法制备了一系列光催化剂,即裸 3D-TiO(b-3D-T)、磁性 3D-TiO(m3D-T)和磁性 3D-TiO@分级多孔石墨烯气凝胶(HPGA)纳米复合材料(m3D-T-HPGA NC)。通过 X 射线衍射(XRD)、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、振动样品磁强计(VSM)、Brunauer-Emmett-Teller(BET)和漫反射测量-紫外(DRS-UV)对制备的光催化剂进行分析,以了解其物理和化学性质。通过使用制备的光催化剂测试了两种有毒水污染物即六价铬(Cr(VI))和双酚 A(BPA)的光催化降解。考察了初始污染物浓度、溶液 pH 值、光催化剂用量、波长和光强等参数,以优化工艺。根据 Cr(VI)和 BPA 在紫外光照射下的降解情况,分析了制备催化剂的光催化性能。与 b-3D-T 光催化剂相比,改性光催化剂表现出更好的性能。这种更好的性能归因于 b-3D-T 纳米颗粒与多孔石墨烯片之间有效的电荷转移。在 140 分钟内,m3D-T-HPGA NC 对 Cr(VI)的最大光催化降解率为 100%,而 m3D-T 和 b-3D-T 在 200 和 240 分钟内的去除效率分别为 100%和 57%。在 BPA 的情况下,m3D-T-HPGA NC 在 240 分钟内的最大降解效率为 90%。