Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 1171-1185Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.125
Keywords
Photoreduction; Semiconductor; Nanoparticles; Titania; Optimization; Response Surface Methodology
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- Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) [4L800, 00H49]
- UTM [UTM.J10.02.00/13.14/1/125-073]
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The study on immobilized titania (TiO2) nanoparticles semiconductor on stainless steel mesh for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and CH4 has been investigated. Properties of commercial and calcinated photocatalysts on mesh surface were characterized using UV-vis spectra, BET, FESEM and XRD. The photoreduction products were identified with FTIR and GC. The process conditions was optimized using experimental design and process optimization tools to determine the maximum desired response via Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in conjunction with central composite rotatable design (CCRD). The experimental parameters were stainless steel mesh size, amount of titania nanoparticles, calcination temperature, UV light power and initial ratios of CO2:CH4:N-2 in feed. Calcination of coated titania nanoparticles increased the absorption of UV-vis light while uniform photocatalyst structure commensurate with decreasing agglomeration. The optimal conditions for maximum CO2 conversion of 37.9% were determined as stainless steel mesh size of 140, coated titania nanoparticles on mesh of 4 g, calcination temperature of 600 degrees C, UV light power of 250 W and 10% of CO2 in feed. Correspondingly, the selectivity of products were 4.7%, 43%, 3.9%, 41.4% and 45.7% for ethane, acetic acid, formic acid, methyl acetate and methyl formate, respectively. The kinetic model, based on Langmuir-Hinshelwood, incorporated photocatalytic adsorptive reduction and oxidation reactions over the catalyst surface, and fitted-well with the experimental data. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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