title: Adsorption-photodegradation of humic acid in water by using ZnO coupled TiO2/bamboo charcoal under visible light irradiation.
abstract: ZnO coupled TiO2/bamboo charcoal (ZnO-TiO2/BC) was prepared using the sol-gel method combined with microwave irradiation. The ZnO-TiO2/BC and TiO2/BC were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), N2 adsorption (BET), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis-DRS). The ZnO dopant promoted the transformation of anatase TiO2 to rutile phase, and a significant red shift of absorption edge was brought out due to the interfacial coupling effect between ZnO and TiO2 particles. The BET specific surface area and total pore volume decreased with ZnO doping, indicating that some micropores were blocked. SEM studies indicated that ZnO was almost uniformly deposited on the surface of the ZnO-TiO2/BC. The adsorption and photocatalytic degradation experiments showed that the photo-degrade efficiency for Zno-TiO2/BC was higher than that of TiO2/BC, and for both composites, the removal efficiency of HA increased as pH decreased from 10.0 to 2.0. The degradation of HA by ZnO-TiO2/BC and TiO2/BC fitted well with the Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics model, and HA degradation was achieved through a synergistic mechanism of adsorption and photocatalysis. ZnO-TiO2/BC could be used as an effective and alternative photocatalyst for the treatment of water contaminated by organic pollutants.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: wangxj@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuejiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yunjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Jianfu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D031723:Bambusa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D006812:Humic Substances; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010782:Photolysis; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002606:Charcoal; D006812:Humic Substances; D014025:Titanium; D062065:Wastewater; D015034:Zinc Oxide; C009495:titanium dioxide
keywords: Adsorption; Bamboo charcoal; Humic acid; Titanium dioxide; Visible light photocatalysis