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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 6359-6369Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2018.10.003
Keywords
Photocatalytic treatment; TiO2; Graphene; Nanocomposites; Decomposition; PFOA
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- University Grants Commission, New Delhi under the UGC [RA-2016-18-GE-ANP-6437]
- Andhra Pradesh State Pollution Control Board
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
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The present work describes the facile synthesis of the TiO2-graphene nanocomposites (TGNCs) graphene oxide-TiO2 and reduced graphene oxide-TiO2 and evaluates their photocatalytic performance and mechanism in the decomposition of intractable perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). More than 90% photocatalytic PFOA decomposition was achieved by the TGNCs (200 mg/L), while only 16% of the initial 12 mu M PFOA was decomposed by the commercial TiO2. The presence of graphene provided surface enhancement effects and limited the recombination of electron-hole pairs during photocatalytic decomposition. The effect of quenching agents, isopropyl alcohol and sodium persulfate, in the photocatalytic system gave insight into understanding the mechanism of decomposition.
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