scholarly journals Floating Carbon-Doped TiO2 Photocatalyst with Metallic Underlayers Investigation for Polluted Water Treatment under Visible-Light Irradiation

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1454
Author(s):  
Sarunas Varnagiris ◽  
Marius Urbonavičius ◽  
Sandra Sakalauskaitė ◽  
Emilija Demikyte ◽  
Simona Tuckute

In the current study, we analysed the influence of metallic underlayers on carbon-doped TiO2 films for RhB decomposition and Salmonella typhimurium inactivation under visible-light irradiation. All the experiments were divided into two parts. First, layered M/C-doped-TiO2 film structures (M = Ni, Nb, Cu) were prepared by magnetron sputtering technique on borosilicate glass substrates in the two-step deposition process. The influence of metal underlayer on the formation of the carbon-doped TiO2 films was characterised by X-ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscope, and atomic force microscope. The comparison between the visible-light assisted photocatalytic activity of M/C-doped TiO2 structures was performed by the photocatalytic bleaching tests of Rhodamine B dye aqueous solution. The best photocatalytic performance was observed for Ni/C-doped-TiO2 film combination. During the second part of the study, the Ni/C-doped-TiO2 film combination was deposited on high-density polyethylene beads which were selected as a floating substrate. The morphology and surface chemical analyses of the floating photocatalyst were performed. The viability and membrane permeability of Salmonella typhimurium were tested in cycling experiments under UV-B and visible-light irradiation. Three consecutive photocatalytic treatments of fresh bacteria suspensions with the same set of floating photocatalyst showed promising results, as after the third 1 h-long treatment bacteria viability was still reduced by 90% and 50% for UV-B and visible-light irradiation, respectively. The membrane permeability and ethidium fluorescence results suggest that Ni underlayer might have direct and indirect effect on the bacteria inactivation process. Additionally, relatively low loss of the photocatalyst efficiency suggests that floating C-doped TiO2 photocatalyst with the Ni underlayer might be seen as the possible solution for the used photocatalyst recovery issue.

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 4335-4346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Li ◽  
Liyuan Kuang ◽  
Dequan Xiao ◽  
Appala Raju Badireddy ◽  
Maocong Hu ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangying Xu ◽  
Dehong Yin ◽  
Shufeng Wu ◽  
Jinqu Wang ◽  
Jinming Lu

2015 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Banisharif ◽  
Abbas Ali Khodadadi ◽  
Yadollah Mortazavi ◽  
Azam Anaraki Firooz ◽  
Javad Beheshtian ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 723-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said M. El-Sheikh ◽  
Geshan Zhang ◽  
Hamza M. El-Hosainy ◽  
Adel A. Ismail ◽  
Kevin E. O'Shea ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 15972-15979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thuy-Duong Nguyen-Phan ◽  
Si Luo ◽  
Dimitriy Vovchok ◽  
Jordi Llorca ◽  
Shawn Sallis ◽  
...  

Ru-doped rutile TiO2 composed of radially aligned nanorods exhibits good H2 production from water under visible light irradiation.


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