DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.16.3.11108.673-685

Influence of Operational Parameters on Photocatalytic Degradation of Linuron in Aqueous TiO2 Pillared Montmorillonite Suspension

1Laboratoire de Génie Chimique (LGC), Département de Génie des Procédés, Faculté de Technologie, Université Blida 1, BP 270, 09000 Blida, Algeria

2Université Catholique de Louvain, Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), Place Louis Pasteur 1- L04.01.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Received: 31 May 2021; Revised: 16 Jul 2021; Accepted: 16 Jul 2021; Available online: 20 Jul 2021; Published: 30 Sep 2021.
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TiO2 pillared clay was prepared by intercalation of titan polyoxocation into interlamelar space of an Algerian montmorillonite and used for the photocatalytic degradation of the linuron herbicide as a target pollutant in aqueous solution. The TiO2 pillared montmorillonite (Mont-TiO2) was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), Fourier transformed infra-red (FT-IR), specific area and porosity determinations. This physicochemical characterization pointed to successful TiO2 pillaring of the clay. The prepared material has porous structure and exhibit a good thermal stability as indicated by its surface area after calcination by microwave. The effects of operating parameters such as catalyst loading, initial pH of the solution and the pollutant concentration on the photocatalytic efficiency and COD removal  were evaluated. Under initial pH of the solution around seven, pollutant concentration of 10 mg/L and 2.5 g/L of catalyst at room temperature, the degradation efficiency and COD removal of linuron was best then the other operating conditions. It was observed that operational parameters play a major role in the photocatalytic degradation process. Copyright © 2021 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

 

Keywords: Pillared clay; TiO2 – Montmorillonite; linuron; Photocatalysis; Water purification
Funding: Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement Technologique (DGRSDT) ; Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la recherche Scientifique d'Algérie (MESRS)

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