Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation of an organic dye, emerald green, on nano titanium dioxide (anatase 99.5%) at basic buffer pH of 7, 8 and 9 has been investigated. The effects of various operating parameters such as initial concentration of dye, catalyst dosage, bufferic pH and irradiation time on photocatalytic degradation have been studied in a photoreactor cell containing high pressure mercury lamp to obtain the optimum conditions. COD removal was found to be 65–71% confirming considerable mineralization. The photodegradation of the dye obeyed a pseudo-first order kinetics according to the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model at all used buffer pH. The observed rate constants (kobs) of photocatalytic degradation were 3.3 × 10 min, 7.09 × 10 min and 1.32 × 10 min at buffer pH of 7–9 respectively. Furthermore, the Langmuir–Hinshelwood rate constants, kr and adsorption constants, KA are reported for current process at various buffer pH.

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