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Degradation of azo dye reactive violet 5 by TiO2 photocatalysis

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The photocatalytic degradation of hydrolyzed reactive violet 5 (RV5) using titanium dioxide (TiO2) was investigated in this study. The effects of various factors including the amount of photocatalyst, RV5 concentration, light intensity, and pH on photocatalytic degradation were evaluated. The photodegradation efficiency was 90% after 20 min of irradiation and reached nearly 100% after 80 min under the condition of pH 4 and temperature of 25°C. The decolorization rate typically followed first-order reaction, and increased markedly with increasing amount of photocatalyst, pH as well as light intensity. The total mineralization, based on total organic carbon (TOC) concentration was 53% after 20 min of UV light exposure and approached nearly 100% after 140 min. The final mineralization product was formylformamide. The photodegradation was faster than the mineralization, indicating that the intermediate products of decolorization were resistant to photodegradation. In this study, we found that toxicity of RV5 significantly decreased after decolorization. Our study suggests that the photocatalytic degradation treatment of RV5 with TiO2 in wastewater is a simple and fast method.

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The work was supported by a grant from the National Science Council.

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  1. Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Institute of Technology, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, ROC

    Ying-Chien Chung

  2. Department of Tourism, Hsing Wu College, Taipei, 244, Taiwan, ROC

    Chih-Yu Chen

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Chung, YC., Chen, CY. Degradation of azo dye reactive violet 5 by TiO2 photocatalysis. Environ Chem Lett 7, 347–352 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-008-0178-6

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