Photocatalyzed degradation of flumequine by doped TiO2 and simulated solar light【荐】.pdfVIP

Available online at Journal of Hazardous Materials 155 (2008) 45–50 Photocatalyzed degradation of flumequine by doped TiO2 and simulated solar light J. Nieto a , J. Freerb , D. Contreras c , R.J. Candal d , E.E. Sileo d , H.D. Mansilla a,∗ a Departamento de Qu´ımica Org´anica, Facultad de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad de Concepci´on, Casilla 160-C, Concepci´on, Chile b Centro de Biotecnolog´ıa, Facultad de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad de Concepci´on, Casilla 160-C, Concepci´on, Chile c Departamento de Qu´ımica Anal´ıtica e Inorg´anica, Facultad de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad de Concepci´on, Casilla 160-C, Concepci´on, Chile d INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Received 4 July 2007; received in revised form 9 November 2007; accepted 12 November 2007 Available online 17 November 2007 Abstract Titanium dioxide was obtained in its pure form (TiO2 ) and in the presence of urea (u-TiO2 ) and thiourea (t-TiO2 ) using the sol–gel technique. The obtained powders were characterized by BET surface area analysis, Infrared Spectroscopy, Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy and the Rietveld refinement of XRD measurements. All the prepared catalysts show high anatase content (99%). The a and b-cell parameters of anatase increase in the order TiO2 u-TiO2 t-TiO , while the c-parameter presents the opposite trend. Because of the interplay in cell dimensions, the cell grows 2 thicker and shorter when prepared in the presence of urea and thiourea, respectively. The cell volume decreases in the orde