1. Photocatalytic Degradation of Crystal Violet (CV) Dye over Metal Oxide (MO x) Catalysts.
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Sifat, Mohammed, Shin, Eugene, Schevon, Anthony, Ramos, Hugo, Pophali, Amol, Jung, Hye-Jung, Halada, Gary, Meng, Yizhi, Olynik, Nicholas, Sprouster, David J., and Kim, Taejin
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METALLIC oxides ,GENTIAN violet ,NIOBIUM oxide ,ZIRCONIUM oxide ,PHOTODEGRADATION ,ZINC oxide - Abstract
Crystal violet (CV) is an organic chloride salt and a triphenylmethane dye commonly used in the textile processing industry, also being used as a disinfectant and a biomedical stain. Although CV is widely used, it is carcinogenic to humans and is retained by industrial-produced effluent for an extended period. The different types of metal oxide (MO
x ) have impressive photocatalytic properties, allowing them to be utilized for pollutant degradation. The role of the photocatalyst is to facilitate oxidation and reduction processes by trapping light energy. In this study, we investigated different types of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2 ), zinc oxide (ZnO), zirconium dioxide (ZrO2 ), iron (III) oxide (Fe2 O3 ), copper (II) oxide (CuO), copper (I) oxide (Cu2 O), and niobium pentoxide (Nb2 O5 ) for the CV decomposition reaction at ambient conditions. For characterization, BET and Raman spectroscopy were applied, providing findings showing that the surface area of the anatase TiO2 and ZnO were 5 m2 /g and 12.1 m2 /g, respectively. The activity tests over TiO2 and ZnO catalysts revealed that up to ~98% of the dye could be decomposed under UV irradiation in <2 h. The decomposition of CV is directly influenced by various factors, such as the types of MOx , the band gap–water splitting relationship, and the recombination rate of electron holes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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