Enhanced reactivity of the CuO-Fe2O3 intimate heterojunction for the oxidation of quinoline yellow dye (E104)
2022
Bousalah, Djedjiga | Zazoua, Hanane | Boudjemaa, Amel | Benmounah, Abdelbaki | Messaoud-Boureghda, Mohamed Zine | Bachari, Khaldoun
This research work describes the degradation of quinoline yellow (QY) in aqueous solutions by the heterogeneous Fenton and photo-Fenton processes in the presence of CuO/Fe₂O₃ photocatalyst. CuO/Fe₂O₃ derived from LDH structure was synthesized by the co-precipitation method. The physiochemical characteristics of CuO/Fe₂O₃ were described by XRD, TEM/SEM, BET surface area, and FTIR techniques. The effects of pH, H₂O₂ concentration, dye concentration, catalyst dose, reaction temperature, and reusability of catalyst on the QY decolorization efficiency were studied. The results indicated that a complete removal of QY was achieved within 150 min, when the H₂O₂ and QY concentrations were 27.6 mM and 100 mg/L, respectively. The rate constants for QY removal by the heterogeneous Fenton system were calculated, and the experimental data were found to fit the pseudo-first order model. Under optimal conditions, the rate constants were, respectively, 0.02032 and 0.01715 min⁻¹ for the photo-Fenton and Fenton systems; this means that the addition of light has not a noticeable effect.
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