A study of photocatalytic degradation of textile dye CI basic yellow 28 in water using P160 TiO2 based catalyst

Abstract

The photocatalytic degradation of synthetic textile dye CI Basic Yellow 28 (BY28) in water, using recently synthesized P160 TiO2 based catalyst, under Osram ultra-vitalux® lamp (300 W) light, was studied. The effect of the operational parameters such as initial concentration of catalyst, initial dye concentration and pH was studied. Salt effect was also investigated (NaCl, Na2CO3, Na2SO4, NaNO3). It was found that the optimal concentration of catalyst is 2.0 g L-1. A pseudo first-order kinetic model was illustrated using the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism, and the adsorption equilibrium constant and the rate constant of the surface reaction were calculated (KBY = 6.126 L mg-1 and kC = 0.272 mg L-1 min-1, respectively). The photodegradation rate was higher in weak acidic than in high acidic and alkaline conditions. The presence of CO32- ions increases the photodegradation rate while Cl-, SO42- and NO3-ions decreases the reaction rate. The rate of photodegradation of BY28 was measured using UV-Vis spectroscopy. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III 45019 and br. 172013.]

Keywords

• TiO2
• photocatalysis
• pseudo first-order kinetic model
• Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism
• salt effect