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Coupling system application in photocatalytic degradation of methylorange by TiO2, TiO2/SiO2 and TiO2/SiO2/Ag

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Three different photocatalysts including TiO2, TiO2/SiO2 and TiO2/SiO2/Ag were synthesized via sol–gel growth method, in which colloidal silica was used as Si source, titanium tetra iso-propoxide (TTiP) as titanium source, Ag+ as dopant ion and hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) as dispersant. The purpose was to study the enhancement of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by deposition on SiO2 colloids and also doping with Ag ion. The catalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) methods. It is confirmed that the major phase in all catalysts is anatase. Photocatalytic activity was studied in various conditions for degradation of methylorange (as a model pollutant) to evaluate the effect of some parameters on degradation efficiency. Studying the degradation process in various pH values reveals that the degradation is more efficient in acidic solution than alkaline condition. Coupling the photocatalytic process with some fields called electro-photochemical (EP), magnetic-photochemical (MP) and ultrasonic-photochemical (UP) was studied at two pH values which were compared with photochemical (P) alone. It is concluded that in most cases, the EP is the best coupled system and has the maximum efficiency. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) analysis was used to check the complete decomposition of methylorange at the end of process.

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This work was financially supported by the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute of Iran.

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  1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, 11365-8486, Iran

    Hossein Ghasemi Mobtaker, Seyed Javad Ahmadi & Taher Yousefi

  2. Faculty of Chemistry, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 1913674711, Iran

    Shahram Moradi Dehaghi

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Ghasemi Mobtaker, H., Ahmadi, S.J., Moradi Dehaghi, S. et al. Coupling system application in photocatalytic degradation of methylorange by TiO2, TiO2/SiO2 and TiO2/SiO2/Ag. Rare Met. 34, 851–858 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-015-0455-z

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