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CHEMOSPHERE
卷 273, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128575
关键词
HAp-TiO2-Al2O3-SnO2; Hydroxyapatite nanomixture (HNM); Hydrogen from water splitting; Wastewater rhodamine B dye; Photocatalyst; Oxide
资金
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Postdoctoral Research Foundation of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, P. R. China
This study synthesized a highly efficient nanomixture for removing cationic dyes from industrial wastewater. The nanomixture also served as a catalyst for hydrogen gas production via water splitting, showing excellent catalytic performance.
This work was carried out to devise a feasible alternative to remove cationic dyes from industrial wastewater. A nanomixture of (TiO2-SnO2-Al2O3) cooperating with Hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanorods was synthesized in this regard as a catalyst to degrade Rhodamine B (RhB) dye from aqueous medium. The physicochemical properties of the hydrothermally prepared Hydroxyapatite Nano Mixture (HNM) were revealed through XRD, FESEM, TEM, XPS, FTIR, BET-BHJ, UV-Vis, and Raman spectroscopy techniques. The synthesized material which was found to be nanorods of average crystallite size 12.53 nm and BET Specific Surface area 60.81 m(2) g(-1) proved to be very effective for the removal of RhB at various pH conditions (acid, basic, and neutral). Maximum removal of 97% was achieved within 30 min of UV irradiation using 5 ppm RhB in acidic medium while at a higher concentration (20 ppm), it takes just 90 min to achieve 98% degradation of RhB under the same reaction conditions. A further catalytic potential of the prepared nanomixture for hydrogen (H-2) evolution via water splitting was explored where 129.45 mu mol g(-1) of H-2 was evolved within 60 min. Our findings suggest that the prepared nanomixture could be used as an efficient catalyst for removing spent dyes used in industrial processes and also as a catalyst for hydrogen gas production. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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