Visible light-induced degradation of blue textile azo dye on TiO2/CdO–ZnO coupled nanoporous films |
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Authors: | R Surez-Parra I Hernndez-Prez M E Rincn S Lpez-Ayala M C Roldn-Ahumada |
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Affiliation: | a Centro de Investigación en Energía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 34, Temixco 62580, Morelos, Mexico;b Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-A, Departimento de Ciencias Básicas, Av. Sn. Pablo No. 180, México 02200, DF, Mexico |
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Abstract: | The photodegradation of a typical textile blue azo dye, followed by UV–VIS spectra analysis, has been carried out successfully under white light illumination on TiO2/CdO–ZnO nanoporous coupled thin films. A relatively fast degradation occurs in dye solutions with concentrations of 100 mg/l (pH=3), at temperatures of 85°C, and with the aid of 400 mg/l hydrogen peroxide. Photodegradation also occurs on nanoporous TiO2 films but with significant lower efficiency than on TiO2/CdO–ZnO coupled nanoporous films. Dye photodegradation does not occur on TiO2/CdO or TiO2/ZnO nanoporous films, suggesting that both CdO and ZnO components are required on the sensitization of TiO2 nanoporous films. A combined effect of new sensitizing interband states (response to white illumination) and/or rectification phenomena (improved charge separation) may be responsible of the higher photocatalytic activity of the TiO2/CdO–ZnO nanoporous films. Similarly, the alternative route for visible degradation, the photosensitized degradation mechanism, could also benefit from the coupled nanoporous films due to a higher driving force for electron injection (dye oxidation). |
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Keywords: | Nanoporous films Semiconductor Azo-dyes Photodegradation Wastewater Photocatalysis |
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