Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal11121548
Keywords
photodegradation; TiO2-; Fe2O3-halloysite nanocomposites; aniline; chloroanilines kinetics
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education [SUPB.RN.21.188]
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The photocatalytic degradation kinetics of aniline and its derivatives were studied under different photocatalysts, with complete degradation observed after 300 minutes. The higher adsorption capacity and immobilization of TiO2 and Fe2O3 on the halloysite surface in nanocomposites significantly increased the photocatalytic activity compared to commercial catalysts.
The kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of aniline, 2-chloroaniline, and 2,6-dichloroaniline in the presence of halloysite-TiO2 and halloysite-Fe2O3 nanocomposites, halloysite containing naturally dispersed TiO2, Fe2O3, commercial TiO2, P25, and alpha-Fe2O3 photocatalysts, were investigated with two approaches: the Langmuir-Hinshelwood and first-order equations. Adsorption equilibrium constants and adsorption enthalpies, photodegradation rate constants, and activation energies for photocatalytic degradation were calculated for all studied amines photodegradation. The photodegradation mechanism was proposed according to organic intermediates identified by mass spectrometry and electrophoresis methods. Based on experimental results, it can be concluded that after 300 min of irradiation, aniline, 2-chloro-, and 2,6-dichloroaniline were completely degraded in the presence of used photocatalysts. Research results allowed us to conclude that higher adsorption capacity and immobilization of TiO2 and Fe2O3 on the halloysite surface in the case of halloysite-TiO2 and halloysite-Fe2O3 nanocomposites significantly increases photocatalytic activity of these materials in comparison to the commercial photocatalyst: TiO2, Fe2O3, and P25.
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