A comparative study of microcystin-LR degradation by UV-a, solar and visible light irradiation using bare and C/N/S-modified titania

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Khedr, Tamer M.; El-Sheikh, S.M.; Abdeldayem, H.M.; Ismail, A.A.; Kowalska, E. et al.: A comparative study of microcystin-LR degradation by UV-a, solar and visible light irradiation using bare and C/N/S-modified titania. In: Catalysts 9 (2019), Nr. 11, 877. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9110877

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In an endeavor to tackle environmental problems, the photodegradation of microcystin- LR (MC-LR), one of the most common and toxic cyanotoxins, produced by the cyanobacteria blooms, was examined using nanostructured TiO2 photocatalysts (anatase, brookite, anatase- brookite, and C/N/S co-modified anatase-brookite) under UV-A, solar and visible light irradiation. The tailoring of TiO2 properties to hinder the electron-hole recombination and improve MC-LR adsorption on TiO2 surface was achieved by altering the preparation pH value. The highest photocatalytic efficiency was 97% and 99% with degradation rate of 0.002 mmol L-1 min-1 and 0.0007 mmol L-1 min-1 under UV and solar irradiation, respectively, using a bare TiO2 photocatalyst prepared at pH 10 with anatase to brookite ratio of ca. 1:2.5. However, the bare TiO2 samples were hardly active under visible light irradiation (<25%) due to a large band gap. Upon UV, solar and vis irradiation, the complete MC-LR degradation (100%) was obtained in the presence of C/N/S comodified TiO2 with a degradation rate constant of 0.26 min-1, 0.11 min-1 and 0.04 min-1, respectively. It was proposed that the remarkable activity of co-modified TiO2 might originate from its mixedphase composition, mesoporous structure, and non-metal co-modification.
License of this version: CC BY 4.0 Unported
Document Type: Article
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Issue Date: 2019
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