Synthesis of Core-Shell Nanoparticles for the Removal of Toxic Pollutants in Aqueous Medium
Vuppala, Srikanth
Stoller, Marco
Chiavola, Agostina
Kanaev, Andrei
Cheng, Khley
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Vuppala S., Stoller M., Chiavola A., Kanaev A., Cheng K., 2018, Synthesis of Core-Shell Nanoparticles for the Removal of Toxic Pollutants in Aqueous Medium , Chemical Engineering Transactions, 70, 1819-1824.
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Abstract

In this work two active photo-catalysts were synthetized and tested for the removal of methylene blue and arsenic in aqueous solutions. The two catalysts (Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2-Al and Fe3O4-SiO2/Zr-TiO2) were characterized by nano-size, guaranteeing a large specific surface area and a noticeable number of active sites and resulted active in the visible spectra (400-800 nm). The nanoparticles were characterized by BET, FE-SEM and EDS methods. The two nano-materials showed high As and methylene blue removal efficiency and were tested varying the contact time from 1 h up to 24 h. The Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2-Al nanoparticles demonstrated to be more versatile, since showed a noticeable removal efficiency considering both pollutants As (73.5 %) and methylene blue (78 %) after 24 h. The Fe3O4-SiO2/Zr-TiO2) nanoparticles showed a higher affinity towards methylene blue removal (90.5 %) whereas the As removal efficiency was negligible (0.5 %). The two nano-materials were tested also in a bi-component solution, loading both As and methylene blue target pollutants.
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