Degradation of Methyl Orange in Aqueous Solution via Magnetic TiO2/Fe3O4 Conjugated with Persulfate

• Published in: Water, air, and soil pollution air, and soil pollution, 2023, Vol.234 (1), p.508, Article 508
• Main Authors: Song, Tiehong, Gao, Yanjiao, Hu, Ruihua, Li, Guanqiao, Yu, Xiaodan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aqueous solutions; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Color removal; Degradation; Dyes; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental monitoring; Ethanol; Hydrogeology; Iron oxides; Irradiation; Light; Magnetic fields; Magnets; Nanocomposites; Oxidation; pH effects; Photocatalysis; Pollutants; Removal; Soil Science & Conservation; Titanium dioxide; Ultraviolet radiation; Water Quality/Water Pollution; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
• ISSN: 0049-6979; 1573-2932
• DOI: 10.1007/s11270-022-05982-2

The magnetic nanocomposite TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 coupled with persulfate (PS) under UV irradiation for methyl orange (MO) degradation in aqueous solution was investigated in this study. The features of TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 were characterized via SEM, XPS, UV–Vis, and MPMS. The effect of several operating parameters including PS concentration, TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 dosage, MO concentration, and pH was assessed in UV/TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 /PS system. The removal of MO via UV/TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 /PS reached 99.5% under the following conditions: [PS] = 60 mM; [TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 ] = 0.4 g/L; [MO] = 20 mg/L; pH = 3.0; T = 25 ℃; UV = 300 W; and t  = 150 min. In addition, possible mechanisms of TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 photocatalysis, PS activation, and MO degradation were analyzed. Moreover, TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 was easily separated from the reacted solution by magnets and had relatively stable recycling performance. Overall, the application of UV/TiO 2 /Fe 3 O 4 /PS can be introduced as an effective method for MO and even dyes removal.