Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

TiO₂ adsorbed on cement balls for effective photomineralization of organic pollutants under UV light irradiation

6^th Global Experts Meeting on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

April 21-23, 2016 Valencia, Spain

Tarun Jain, Lovnish Gupta and Soumen Basu

Thapar University, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nanomed Nanotechnol

Abstract:

Organic pollutants like phenols and organic dyes present in industrial waste water are posing a hazardous threat to aquatic ecosystem. Several measures have been adopted for the neutralization and photodecomposition of these harmful organic moieties, among these semiconductor photocatalysis has been provided a major thrust after the discovery of Honda-Fujishema effect. Present study demonstrates the adsorption of TiO2-P25 in nano size (~36 nm) on cement balls for effective photodegradation of Alizarin and penta chlorophenol (PCP) under UV light illumination. Triton-X was used as a stabilizer for effective adsorption of TiO2 on cement balls (TCB) followed by calcination at ~300oC for 4 h. The TCBâ??s were dispersed randomly in a self-designed reactor for phototcatalytic performance. The change in concentration of alizarin and PCP was observed under UV-Vis spectroscopy, PCP was detoxified within 40 min while alizarin photo-decomposed within 15 min of UV light irradiation. Taking into consideration the go green slogan and future prospective, this technique can be also utilized under visible light and on mass scale because this is an effective tool for environmental remediation and waste water treatment.

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