title: Degradation of malachite green on Pd/WO3 photocatalysts under simulated solar light.
abstract: The photocatalytic degradation of malachite green (MG) dye molecules in aqueous solution was investigated by using palladium (Pd) modified tungsten trioxide (WO(3)) under simulated solar light. The optimum values for Pd content vs. WO(3) and catalyst concentration in solution for MG (5.0 μmol L(-1)) degradation were 0.5 wt.% and 150 mg L(-1), respectively. The MG concentration change followed the pseudo first order kinetics of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. Since MG was also degraded under visible light (λ>470 nm), which was not absorbed by WO(3), the mechanism involved both the photocatalytic degradation and self-sensitized degradation of MG. Pd modified WO(3) would be useful as an efficient tool for the decolorization of wastewater under solar light.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan. Electronic address: y-ohko@aist.go.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohko
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China.
authors.forename: Ruiqin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
authors.forename: Yingnan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. Electronic address: tyou6688@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Zhenya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D010777:Photochemistry; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013472:Sunlight
chemical_list: D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; C005095:malachite green