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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 260, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110145
Keywords
Photocatalytic degradation; Chlorophenol; Ag-TiO2; Ag-ZnO; Ag-ZnS photocatalysts
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- SASOL Research grant [4430113102]
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A comparative photocatalytic degradation of 2-chlorophenol (2CP) in aqueous solution was investigated using pristine and Ag-doped semiconductor photocatalysts obtained from TiO2, ZnO and ZnS. Varying percentages (1, 3 and 5%) of Ag nanoparticles were doped on the semiconductor photocatalysts via the sol-gel method. The pristine and Ag-doped photocatalysts were characterized using UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-Ray diffractometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy; and these techniques confirmed the successful syntheses of the pristine and Ag-doped species. The photocatalytic activities of all species for the degradation of 2CP were carried in photo-reactor using UV irradiation intensity of 1.4 mW/cm(2) for 150 min; and the effects of various operating parameters (such as catalyst loading, pH and 2CP initial concentrations) were studied. The results showed enhanced 2CP degradation in the Ag-doped species in comparison to the pristine species while alkaline pH region was most suitable for 2CP degradation especially at low concentration. Lower loadings of the photocatalysts were usually more effective for the 2CP degradation and the degradation trend in the TiO2 and ZnS species was 5% Ag-doped >3% Ag-doped >1% Ag-doped > Pristine, while it was 1% Ag-doped >3% Ag-doped >5% Ag-doped > Pristine in the ZnO. Thus, although the Ag doping enhanced 2CP by all semiconductor photocatalysts, the Ag-doped TiO2 was more effective than the ZnO and ZnS species.
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