Electrosorption and photocatalytic one-stage combined process using a new type of nanosized TiO2/activated charcoal plate electrode

Ayoubi-Feiz, Baharak; Aber, Soheil; Khataee, Alireza; Alipour, Esmaeel

Electrosorption and photocatalytic one-stage combined process using a new type of nanosized TiO2/activated charcoal plate electrode

2014

Ayoubi-Feiz, Baharak | Aber, Soheil | Khataee, Alireza | Alipour, Esmaeel

In the present study, an activated charcoal (AC) plate was prepared by physical activation method. Its surface was coated with TiO₂nanoparticles by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method. The average crystallite size of TiO₂nanoparticles was determined approximately 28 nm. The nature of prepared electrode was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area measurement before and after immobilization. The electrosorption and photocatalytic one-stage combined process was investigated in degradation of Lanasol Red 5B (LR5B), and the effect of dye concentration, electrolyte concentration, pH, voltage, and contact time was optimized and modeled using response surface methodology (RSM) approach. The dye concentration of 30 mg L⁻¹, Na₂SO₄concentration of 4.38 g L⁻¹, pH of 4, voltage of 250 mV, and contact time of 120 min were determined as optimum conditions. Decolorization efficiency increased in combined process to 85.65 % at optimum conditions compared to 66.03 % in TiO₂/AC photocatalytic, 20.09 % in TiO₂/AC electrosorption, and 1.91 % in AC photocatalytic processes.

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