Recycling of supported nanocomposites for hazardous industrial wastewater treatment via Solar photocatalytic process |
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Authors: | El-Sayed AE Ahmed Badr A El-Sayed Walied AA Mohamed Alaa Fahmy Ahmed Helal |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt;2. Photochemistry and Nanomaterials Lab, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt;3. Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Study of the photocatalytic activity of the synthesized polyvinylidene fluoride/multi-walled carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide (PVDF/x%(MWCNTs/8%TiO2) nanocomposites using a simple modified solvent casting technique in decontamination of hazardous industrial wastewater and Reactive Yellow 145 dye as an industrial organic pollutant (local textile dye) were evaluated. Also, different MWCNTs/8%TiO2 weight percentages in PVDF/x%(MWCNTs/8%TiO2) nanocomposites were prepared and evaluated. The surface morphology and the structures of the synthesized samples were characterized using SEM, ATR-FTIR, DRS, XRD, and BET. The evaluated bandgap values for MWCNTs/xTiO2 nanocomposites are from 2.38 to 2.69 based on the weight ratios (2%, 5%, and 8%). The results of the surface area of samples and the best optical behavior obtained at MWCNTs/8%TiO2 are reported and its photodegradation rate raised to 10.22x10?3S?1. The photodegradation process of Reactive Yellow 145 dye by PVDF/x%(MWCNTs/8%TiO2) nanocomposites was monitoring using chemical oxygen demand (COD). Also, the observed PL intensity for PVDF/MWCNTs/8%TiO2 has high photonic efficiency and photocatalytic activity. The solar photocatalytic process efficiency for an Egyptian dying factory by repeating it 10 times using PVDF/10%(MWCNTs/8%TiO2) nanocomposites as a supported photocatalyst for the industrial wastewater treatment was evaluated by the COD method and still under Egyptian environmental law allowed COD limit (1000 ppm). |
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Keywords: | PVDF Reactive Yellow 145 Dye Hazardousindustrial wastewater treatment Recycling process |
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