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Sacrificial Hydrogen Generation From Formaldehyde With Pt/Tio2 Photocatalyst In Solar Radiation, Pankaj Chowdhury, Ghodsieh Malekshoar, Madhumita Ray, Jesse Zhu, Ajay Ray
Sacrificial Hydrogen Generation From Formaldehyde With Pt/Tio2 Photocatalyst In Solar Radiation, Pankaj Chowdhury, Ghodsieh Malekshoar, Madhumita Ray, Jesse Zhu, Ajay Ray
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In this work, solar TiO2 photocatalysis was used for sacrificial hydrogen generation from formaldehyde. Platinum was loaded onto a TiO2 photocatalyst by a solar photodeposition method to suppress the electron/hole recombination process. The photocatalyst inside the reactor was irradiated from the top with a solar simulator. Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from formaldehyde was influenced by the solution pH, platinum loading (wt %) on TiO2, catalyst concentration, light intensity, and initial formaldehyde concentration. A Langmuir-type model fitted well with the experimental data, and the values of surface reaction rate constant, k, and the adsorption equilibrium constant, K, are 2.3598 × 10–6 mol …
Visible-Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation Of Phenol With Dye-Sensitized Tio2: Parametric And Kinetic Study, Pankaj Chowdhury, Jesus Moreira Del Rio, Hassan Gomaa, Ajay K. Ray
Visible-Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation Of Phenol With Dye-Sensitized Tio2: Parametric And Kinetic Study, Pankaj Chowdhury, Jesus Moreira Del Rio, Hassan Gomaa, Ajay K. Ray
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Phenol degradation with TiO2 photocatalyst under UV light is known to be an effective method. Under solar radiation, however, this approach does not receive adequate photons for catalyst activation, as the solar spectrum comprises mostly visible light (46%). In this study, we applied the dye-sensitization technique to prepare visible-light-active catalyst and used it under visible solar light generated from a solar simulator with a UV cutoff filter (λ > 420 nm) for phenol degradation. Eosin Y dye was used as a sensitizer for the TiO2 catalyst with a very low level of platinum as a cocatalyst. Triethanolamine was used as a …