Abstract
Fe-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes catalyst with large specific surface area and low band gap energy were successfully synthesized using sol–gel followed by hydrothermal method. The activity of the catalyst was assessed by examining the treatment of real textile wastewater through combined adsorption and heterogeneous sonocatalysis. Fe-doped TiO2 nanotubes exhibited better removal efficiency in the case of pre-adsorption followed by sonocatalytic reaction as compared to the simultaneous adsorption and sonocatalysis system. Pre-adsorption on TiO2 nanotubes was found to promote sonocatalytic degradation and the latter process could be considered as a surface-catalyzed reaction. Effect of the solution pH (3–11), catalyst dosage (2–10g/L) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dosage (20–80mM) on the adsorption–sonocatalysis for the treatment of a real textile wastewater were investigated in detail. The best degradation efficiency can be achieved at solution pH of 3, 6g/L of Fe-doping, 40mM of H2O2, an ultrasonic frequency of 35kHz and an output power of 50W after 1h of adsorption followed by 3h of ultrasonic irradiation under continuous aeration. The color, COD and TOC removals were 79.9%, 59.4% and 49.8%, respectively. In short, adsorption followed by sonocatalytic degradation in the presence of Fe-doped TiO2 nanotubes showed great potential for efficient treatment of real textile wastewater.
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