Hydrothermal synthesized magnetically separable mesostructured H2Ti3O7/γ-Fe2O3 nanocomposite for organic dye removal via adsorption and its regeneration/reuse through synergistic non-radiation driven H2O2 activation
2018
Narayani, Harsha | Jōs, Manu | Sriram, K. | Shukla, Satyajit
Hydrogen titanate (H₂Ti₃O₇) nanotubes/nanosheets (HTN) are emerging class of adsorbent material which possess unique property of activating hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) to generate the reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide radical ions (O₂.⁻) and hydroxyl radicals (·OH), effective in the decomposition of surface-adsorbed dye. However, HTN are non-magnetic which create hurdle in their effective separation from the treated aqueous solution. To overcome this issue, magnetic nanocomposites (HTNF) composed of HTN and maghemite (γ-Fe₂O₃) nanoparticles have been processed by subjecting the core–shell magnetic photocatalyst consisting of γ-Fe₂O₃/silica (SiO₂)/titania (TiO₂), having varying amounts of TiO₂ in the shell to the hydrothermal conditions. HTNF-5 magnetic nanocomposite consisting of 31 wt% H₂Ti₃O₇, typically having nanotube morphology with the highest specific surface area (133 m² g⁻¹) and pore-volume (0.22 cm³ g⁻¹), exhibits the highest capacity (74 mg g⁻¹) for the adsorption of cationic methylene blue (MB) dye from an aqueous solution involving the electrostatic attraction mechanism and pseudo-second-order kinetics. Very fast magnetic separation followed by regeneration of HTNF-5 magnetic nanocomposite has been demonstrated via non-radiation driven H₂O₂ activation. It has been ascertained for the first time that the underlying mechanism of dye decomposition involves the synergy effect between the constituents of HTNF magnetic nanocomposite.
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