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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 553, Issue -, Pages 409-417Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.052
Keywords
VLR-TiO2; Superwettable photocatalysts; Cr(VI) reduction; Lignocellulosic biomass; Ti-O-C bridge
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21777106, 21777176]
- National Major Science & Technology Program for Water Pollution Control Treatment [2017ZX07202]
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Efficient multifunctional Titania/Lignocellulosic Biomass (TiO2-OP) composite photocatalysts were fabricated via ultrasonic-assisted sol-gel for the photoreduction of Cr(VI) under UV and visible light. Materials were fully characterized using FTIR, XPS, BET, SEM-EDS, UV-DRS, XRD, photo-current and contact angle measurements. It was deduced that the produced Ti-O-C bonding bridge between TiO2 clusters and olive pits lignocellulosic surface exhibits a significant role for the visible light response and band gap narrowing, wherein, E-g values were between 3.02 and 2.63 eV as a function of TiO2/OP ratio. TiO2-OP composites showed an astonishing photocatalytic efficiency, i.e., a complete reduction of Cr(VI) at 10 ppm was found within 30 min with TiO2-OP(50%), against 90 min for TiO2 under UV light. Nevertheless, in terms of TiO2-OP(50%), a total reduction was obtained within 50 min under visible light, while no photoactivity was observed with bare-TiO2. Several plausible mechanistic pathways behind the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2-OP composites were discussed. 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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