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Décomposition photocatalytique de polluants et de micro-organismes dans l'eau
Dans le cadre de la réutilisation des eaux usées et de l’accès limité à l’eau potable dans certaines régions du globe, de nouvelles techniques de désinfection nécessitant de faibles consommations d’énergie sont étudiées. Cette eau n’est pas toujours potable et contient des polluants qui induisent des mutations génétiques pouvant conduire au développement de cancers ou encore des micro-organismes pathogènes causant des maladies graves. Depuis la découverte des propriétés de photodégradation oxydante du dioxyde de titane (TiO2), la photocatalyse hétérogène est utilisée pour l’élimination des polluants environnementaux et des micro-organismes
Improvement in the methylene blue adsorption capacity and photocatalytic activity of H2-reduced rutile-TiO2 caused by Ni(II)porphyrin preadsorption
H2-reduced rutile-TiO2 xerogel (Ti-700), obtained via the sol–gel process, was found to strongly adsorb the Ni(II)-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)-porphyrin (NiTCPP) from a methanolic solution, despite its
very low specific surface area (SBET ≈ 2 m2 g−1). UV/vis spectroscopy analysis showed that after calcination
at 700 â—¦C and reduction under H2 flow at 400 â—¦C, the TiO2-xerogel increased its NiTCPP-adsorption capacity
by surface area unit by up to 120 times. The effect of the porphyrin presence in the catalytic performances
of TiO2-xerogels was studied through three kinetics models: (i) the pseudo-first-order kinetic model;
(ii) the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, which are used to describe the adsorption rate based on
the adsorption capacity of the catalysts; and (iii) the Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetic model which is
used to describe the photocatalytic degradation rate of methylene blue (MB). A significant improvement
in the efficiency of Ti-700 was observed after the porphyrin-adsorption process (NiTCPP/Ti-700): MB-adsorption
capacity at equilibrium and the apparent MB-photoconversion constant, kapp, of NiTCPP/Ti-700 were both up to 2 times higher than those observed for the Ti-700