Effect of Fe-doped TiO2 Photocatalysts on the Degradation of Acid Orange

Authors

Yung-Tse Hung, Cleveland State UniversityFollow
Erick B. Butler, Cleveland State University
Ching-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University
Mohammed Suleiman Al Ahmad, Cleveland State University
Yen Pei-Fu, National Dong Hwa UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to determine the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of acid orange 7 (AO7) using 2 mol% Fe-doped TiO₂ as photocatalysts under UV irradiation. Fe-doped TiO₂ powder synthesized by solid-reaction technique reveals the average particle size of 0.91 μm, BET surface area of 11.6 m²/g, a wide pore-size distribution with the average pore diameter of 3.2 nm and pore volume of 0.035 cm³/g. Within the experiment, AO7 was prepared as a synthetic textile wastewater at the initial concentration of 34 mg/L along with using various doses of Fe-doped TiO₂ photocatalysts. The results indicated that Fe-doped TiO₂ with dose of 0.100 g in 100 mL of AO7 reached the highest removal efficiency about 88.7%.

Recommended Citation

Butler, E. B., Chen, C., Hung, Y., Al Ahmad, M. S., and Fu, Y. (2016). "Effect of Fe-doped TiO2 photocatalysts on the degradation of acid orange 7." Integrated Ferroelectr., 168(1), 1-9.

DOI

10.1080/10584587.2016.1157779

Volume

168

Issue

1