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Green photocatalytic remediation of Fenthion using composites with natural red clay and non-toxic metal oxides with visible light irradiation

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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
卷 44, 期 1, 页码 118-129

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.1964611

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Photocatalysis; pesticide; Fenthion; red clay; sunlight

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In this study, composites of non-toxic metal oxides and natural red clay were used for the photocatalytic degradation of Fenthion. The experiments showed that the TiO2/Taua and ZnO/Taua composites exhibited efficient photocatalytic activity for Fenthion degradation. Under optimized conditions, the ZnO/Taua composite achieved the highest degradation efficiency.
In the present work, composites with non-toxic metal oxides, such as TiO2 and ZnO, and a natural red clay (taua) reach in hematite were used in the photocatalytic degradation of Fenthion. The composite TiO2/Taua (0.5:1 wt. ratio) and pure TiO2 were prepared by sol-gel method while ZnO/Taua (0.5:1 wt. ratio) and pure ZnO were prepared by Pechini method. The materials were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, and DRS. The anatase phase was formed in both pure TiO2 and TiO2/Taua, while the hexagonal phase was formed in pure ZnO and ZnO/Taua. The bandgap energies for the two composites were narrowed compared to the respective pure oxides as consequence of the hematite (alpha-Fe2O3, E-g = 2.1 eV) in the red clay, reaching 2.1 eV for TiO2/Taua and 2.0 eV for ZnO/Taua, while the bandgap energies for pure TiO2 and ZnO were 3.2 and 3.0 eV, respectively. Fenthion was not degraded in the dark, but the concentration droped 20% after 180 min under visible light irradiation without photocatalyst and 60% after 210 min in the presence of the pure red clay. Both TiO2/Taua and ZnO/Taua composites were also photocatalytic active to degrade Fenthion (lambda > 420 nm), with degradation of 78% (in 180 min) and 85% (in 210 min) respectively. In the optimized conditions (pH 2, 100 mg L-1 of H2O2 and 30 mg L-1 of Fenthion), the ZnO/Taua composite was the most efficient, reaching 89% degradation in up to 30 min, with Fenthion sulfoxide as the degradation product.

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