Examinando por Materia "Dyes"

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    Effect of CeO2 content in morphology and optoelectronic properties of TiO2-CeO2 nanoparticles in visible light organic degradation
    (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2019-02-01) Cano-Franco, JC; Alvarez-Lainez, M; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Diseño; Ingeniería de Diseño (GRID)
    TiO2 is a semiconductor widely used in photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants due to its band gap energy. However, its absorption range is restricted only to UV radiation that is less than 10% of solar light. With the aim of increasing the adsorption area on TiO2 nanoparticles a modified sol-gel method was used to produce a smaller particle size, and to extend the absorption range to the visible spectrum, TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized with different CeO2 contents to generate semiconductor heterojunction between them. The crystallographic, morphological, and optoelectronic characteristics of these TiO2-CeO2 nanoparticles were studied, and two crystalline phases were differentiated: anatase for TiO2 and fluorite for CeO2. An increase in the CeO2 content produced crystallite sizes between 6.5 nm and 12.0 nm. TiO2-CeO2 nanoparticles showed morphological properties such as small particle size, heterogeneous surface and high BET surface area compared to bare commercial TiO2. These features involve a positive effect of CeO2 in TiO2 nanoparticles surface, thus TiO2-CeO2 nanoparticles exhibit enhanced optoelectronic properties caused by a decrease in the effective band gap and red-shift in the electromagnetic spectrum. In addition, methylene blue degradation showed that TiO2-CeO2 nanoparticles are suitable for high photocatalytic activity application under visible light. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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    Multifactorial optimization of the decolorisation parameters of wastewaters resulting from dyeing flowers.
    (IWA PUBLISHING, 2009-01-01) Gil Pavas, Edison; Angel Gomez-Garcia, Miguel; Gil Pavas, Edison; Angel Gomez-Garcia, Miguel; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos; Procesos Ambientales (GIPAB)
    This work deals with the treatment of the wastewaters resulting from the process of dyeing flowers. In some local cases for growing flowers near to Medellin (Colombia), wastewater color was found to be one of the main problems in meeting local effluent standards. Wastewaters were treated by photodegradation process (which includes photocatalysis) to achieve the degradation of dyes mixture and organic matter in the wastewater. A multifactorial experimental design was proposed, including as experimental factors the following variables: pH, and the concentration of both catalyst (TiO(2)) and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). According to the obtained results, at the optimized variables values, it is possible to reach a 99% reduction of dyes, a 76.9% of mineralization (TOC) and a final biodegradability of 0.834. Kinetic analysis allows proposing a pseudo first order reaction for the reduction, the mineralization, and the biodegradation processes.