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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 400, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123099
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LaFeO3/TiO2 heterojunction; Visible light; Solar light; Myclobutanil pesticide; Photocatalysis; Water treatment
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- European Fund for regional development (EFRE/FEDER)
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, EU) [SOLPAC: ENE2017-89170-R]
- University of Strasbourg IdEx Program
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LaFeO3@TiO2 heterojunction composites with a core-shell porous structure and LaFeO3 contents in the 2.5-25 wt.% range have been synthesized via consecutive sol-gel syntheses and tested for the photocatalytic oxidation of the myclobutanil pesticide in water under solar light and pure visible light. Whatever the light spectrum, the kinetic rate constants for both myclobutanil degradation and TOC conversion exhibited a volcano-like profile with increasing the narrow band-gap (2.1 eV) LaFeO3 content, the optimum composite strongly overperforming both single phases, with full myclobutanil mineralization achieved in 240 min in the best case. The light spectrum influenced the optimum LaFeO3 content in the composite, being observed at 5 wt.% and 12.5 wt.% under solar and visible light, respectively. This has been attributed to the existence of different light-mediated reaction mechanisms. The optimum LaFeO3/TiO2 composite photocatalyst was active and stable after several runs under solar light with leached iron concentration below 0.1 mg/L in solution.
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