_1671519961
1671519961
Hamid Shirkhanloo
sahar.zi67@gmail.com
Hamid Shirkhanloo
Analytical Methods in Environmental Chemistry Journal
AMECJournal
2645-5382
2645-5552
12
30
2022
5
04
10.24200/amecj.v5.i04
http://journal.amecj.com/index.php/AMECJ-01/issue/view/24
Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange using Cerium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles supported bentonite clay
Safoora
Javan
Mohammad Reza
Rezaei Kahkha
Fahimeh
Moghaddam
Mohsen
Faghihi-Zarandi
Anahita
Hejazi
Methyl orange (MO) is a common anionic azo dye that is a serious harmful pollutant to the environmental aquatic systems, so it must be treated before it can be discharged. Photocatalysts are usually semiconducting solid oxides that create an electron-hole pair by absorbing photons. These electron holes can react with molecules on the surface of the particles. Photocatalysts are used in water purification, self-cleaning glasses, the decomposition of organic molecules, etc. Photocatalysts are environmental cleaning materials that remove pollution from surfaces and can destroy organic compounds when exposed to sunlight or fluorescence. The photocatalytic process follows the following principles. Bentonite mineral is a natural adsorbent material that has good adsorption capacity. In this work, zinc oxide nanoparticles doped with cerium were prepared by the sol-gel method (SGM) and deposited on bentonite clay to degrade MO dye. Important parameters that affected degradation efficiency such as contact time, amount of nanocatalyst, and initial dye concentration were investigated and optimized. Results showed that 100% degradation efficiency was obtained at 60 mg of nanocatalyst and 50 mg L-1 of methyl orange in 120 minutes. The Kinetics of the degradation process was consistent with pseudo-second-order and the adsorption isotherm was fitted with the Langmuir model.
12
30
2022
87
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10.24200/amecj.v5.i04.216
http://journal.amecj.com/index.php/AMECJ-01/article/view/216
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http://journal.amecj.com/index.php/AMECJ-01/article/download/216/462
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http://journal.amecj.com/index.php/AMECJ-01/article/download/216/462
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http://journal.amecj.com/index.php/AMECJ-01/article/download/216/463