Pure and Fe-doped mesoporous titania catalyse the oxidation of acid orange 7 by H2O2 under different illumination conditions : Fe doping improves photocatalytic activity under simulated solar light
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
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Pure and Fe-doped mesoporous titania catalyse the oxidation of acid orange 7 by H2O2 under different illumination conditions : Fe doping improves photocatalytic activity under simulated solar light / F.S. Freyria, M. Compagnoni, N. Ditaranto, I.G. Rossetti, M. Piumetti, G. Ramis, B. Bonelli. - In: CATALYSTS. - ISSN 2073-4344. - 7:7(2017), pp. 213.1-213.16.
Abstract:
A sample of mesoporous TiO2 (MT, specific surface area = 150 m2·g−1) and two samples of MT containing 2.5 wt.% Fe were prepared by either direct synthesis doping (Fe2.5-MTd) or impregnation (Fe2.5-MTi). Commercial TiO2 (Degussa P25, specific surface area = 56 m2·g−1) was used both as a benchmark and as a support for impregnation with either 0.8 or 2.5 wt.% Fe (Fe0.80-IT and Fe2.5-IT). The powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 isotherms at −196◦C, Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Diffuse Reflectance (DR) ultra-violet (UV)-Vis and Mössbauer spectroscopies. Degradation of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) by H2O2 was the test reaction: effects of dark-conditions versus both UV and simulated solar light irradiation were considered. In dark conditions, AO7 conversion was higher with MT than with Degussa P25, whereas Fe-containing samples were active in a (slow) Fenton-like reaction. Under UV light, MT was as active as Degussa P25, and Fe doping enhanced the photocatalytic activity of Fe2.5-MTd; Fe-impregnated samples were also active, likely due to the occurrence of a photo-Fenton process. Interestingly, the Fe2.5-MTd sample showed the best performance under solar light, confirming the positive effect of Fe doping by direct synthesis with respect to impregnation.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Azo dyes; Fenton reaction; Iron doping; Mesoporous titania; Photo-Fenton reaction; Photocatalysis; Soft-template synthesis; Solar light; Catalysis; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Elenco autori:
F.S. Freyria, M. Compagnoni, N. Ditaranto, I.G. Rossetti, M. Piumetti, G. Ramis, B. Bonelli
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