1. Optimization of C/N co-doped TiO2 for enhancing photocatalytic denitrification of real waste brine under visible light: A reusable catalyst with an economical hole scavenger.
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Aghabalaei, Vahid, Baghdadi, Majid, Goharrizi, Behnoush Aminzadeh, and Noorimotlagh, Zahra
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VISIBLE spectra , *DOPING agents (Chemistry) , *DENITRIFICATION , *SALT , *TITANIUM dioxide , *ABATEMENT (Atmospheric chemistry) , *WASTE products - Abstract
[Display omitted] • The C/N co-doped TiO 2 with various ratios was successfully synthesized and optimized. • Denitrification efficiency was affected by the nanocomposite's C/N ratios. • The band gap decreased from 3.08 to 2.60 after C/N co-doping. • Glycerol (biodiesel by-product) was an efficient and economical hole scavenger. • The synthesized GAC/ TiO 2 became usable and highly active, even after five cycles. Un-doped TiO 2 (U-TiO 2) and C/N co-doped TiO 2 (CNT) with various C/N ratios were successfully synthesized for photocatalytic denitrification (PD) of real waste brine. To analyze the materials' physicochemical characteristics, XRD, FESEM-EDX, elemental mapping, BET, and UV–Vis absorption spectra were utilized. Under visible light, the optimized CNT with the highest PD efficiency (>95 %) and the lowest band gap (2.6 eV) was immobilized on granular activated carbon (CNT/GAC) as a reusable catalyst. More than 98 % PD efficiency with 100 % N 2 selectivity were achieved using glycerol, a waste product of the biodiesel manufacturing process, as an economical and eco-friendly hole scavenger (HS) substitute for formic acid as a conventional HS. In addition, the CNT/GAC became stable and active, even after five cycles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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