Supporting of coupled silver halides onto clinoptilolite nanoparticles as simple method for increasing their photocatalytic activity in heterogeneous photodegradation of mixture of 4-methoxy aniline and 4-chloro-3-nitro aniline

Sajad Jafari; Alireza Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.087

Supporting of coupled silver halides onto clinoptilolite nanoparticles as simple method for increasing their photocatalytic activity in heterogeneous photodegradation of mixture of 4-methoxy aniline and 4-chloro-3-nitro aniline

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Mar 15:490:478-487. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.087. Epub 2016 Nov 29.

Authors

Sajad Jafari¹, Alireza Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran; Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran.
² Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran; Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran; Razi Chemistry Research Center (RCRC), Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address: arnezamzadeh@iaush.ac.ir.

PMID: 27918985
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.087

Abstract

Novel photocatalyts were synthesized by dispersion of AgX (X=I, Br, Cl) in nano clinoptilolite particles (NCP). The obtained composites (AgX-NCP) were used for the photodegrading of aqueous mixture of 4-methoxy aniline and 4-chloro-3-nitroaniline under Hg lamp irradiation. All samples were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, DRS and TEM. The effects of operational parameters such as: the loaded extent of AgX, the amount of photocatalyst, initial pH and concentration on photo mineralization were studied. The degradation extent was monitored by UV-Vis spectroscopy and the results were confirmed by the chemical oxygen demand (COD).

Keywords: Aniline derivates; Clinoptilolite; Nanoparticles; Photocatalysis; Silver halides.