Advances in Environmental Research
Volume 5, Number 1, 2016, pages 61-77
DOI: 10.12989/aer.2016.5.1.061
Semiconductor coupled solar photo-Fenton´s treatment of dyes and textile effluent
Jeevitha R. Raji and Kandasamy Palanivelu
Abstract
NanoTiO2 was synthesized by ultrasonication assisted sol-gel process and subjected to iron doping and carbon-iron codoping. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by XRD, HR-SEM, EDX, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and BET specific surface area analysis. The average crystallite size of pure TiO2 was in the range of 30 - 33 nm, and that of Fe-TiO2 and C-Fe TiO2 was in the range of 7 - 13 nm respectively. The specific surface area of the iron doped and carbon-iron codoped nanoparticles was around 105 m2/g and 91 m2/g respectively. The coupled semiconductor photo-Fenton
Key Words
TiO2 nanoparticles; carbon-iron codoping; dyes; textile effluent; solar photocatalysis; low insolation
Address
Jeevitha R. Raji and Kandasamy Palanivelu: Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India