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Study of the Photocatalytic Activity Using Silica-Based Materials Doped with Silver Nanoparticles for Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye

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Rhodamine B (RhB) is a cationic organic dye widely used industrially, mainly in the textile and food industries. Then, the work aims to study on the photocatalytic degradation of RhB dye, under UV and visible radiation, using photocatalyst silica-based materials synthesized by sol-gel route with different solvents (ethanol and n-propanol) and catalysts (C12H27N, HNO3, NH4OH, and NaOH) to the hydrolysis and condensation of tetraorthosilicate (TEOS). In addition, the effect of doping with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was evaluated on the photocatalytic activity. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), N2 porosimetry, zeta potential measurements (ZP), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). To evaluate the photocatalytic activity, photocatalytic tests were carried out in a stirred batch reactor, with the photocatalyst in suspension, under ultraviolet and visible radiation, and the target molecule chosen was the Rhodamine B dye (RhB). The photocatalyst Si–HNO3–AgNPs showed the best photocatalytic activity with a degradation of the RhB dye of 90.16% (k = 0.0198 min−1, under ultraviolet radiation) and 82.79% (k = 0.0148 min−1, under visible radiation), after 120 min of reaction; while under the same conditions, the commercial catalyst TiO2 (P25) showed a degradation of 50.02% and 42.14%, respectively.

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We thank the Catalysis and Polymers Laboratory (K106) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) for their support and assistance in carrying out this work.

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This work received financial support from the Foundation for Research of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS – Project 19/2551-0001362-0).

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  1. Chemical Engineering Course, Franciscan University, Santa Maria, RS, 97010-032, Brazil

    Lázaro Nascimento Ribas & William Leonardo da Silva

  2. Postgraduate Program in Nanosciences, Franciscan University, Santa Maria, RS, 97010-032, Brazil

    Luis Otávio de Sousa Bulhões & William Leonardo da Silva

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Nascimento Ribas, L., de Sousa Bulhões, L.O. & da Silva, W.L. Study of the Photocatalytic Activity Using Silica-Based Materials Doped with Silver Nanoparticles for Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 191 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04553-7

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