نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Methylene blue is the most common dye in the world for dyeing cotton, wool and silk with high consumption and is found in large quantities in textile industry wastewater. This dye is cationic, toxic, carcinogenic and non-biodegradable. Therefore, its removal from wastewater is one of the concerns of researchers. Considering the problems in using homogeneous catalysts, in this study, new nanocatalysts based on thallium oxide immobilized on silica substrate (Tl2O3-SiO2) modified with Schiff base complexes of N2O2 and vanadium were synthesized and their efficiency in removing methylene blue from wastewater was evaluated using these heterogeneous catalysts. FTIR, 1H NMR, EDX, XRD, TEM, and FESEM methods were used to fully identify these complexes and nanocomposites. In the next step, the ability of Schiff base-nanocomposite catalysts to remove methylene blue was investigated by UV-vis spectroscopy at specific time intervals and the effect of various factors was determined. The value of 0.2 mg/L was selected as the optimal amount of adsorbent. According to the results of the experiments, the concentration of 100 ppm of methylene blue was selected as the optimal concentration. pH=10 and time of 60 minutes showed the best performance of the adsorbent. Methylene blue dye was decomposed using photocatalysts Tl2O3@SiO2.VL2 and Tl2O3@SiO2.VL1 with an efficiency of 82 and 95%, respectively. VL1, VL2. They had bromine (σp≈0.23) and nitro (σp≈0.68) groups on the benzene ring. Therefore, due to the larger Hemmett constant in VL1, the adsorption efficiency is higher. The experimental results showed that the Tl2O3@SiO2.VL1 system has an adsorption of 475 mg/g with an efficiency of 95%. The Langmuir separation factor (RL) showed a value of 0.88, which confirms the desirability of the adsorption process. The immobilization of vanadium complexes on the mineral substrate not only increased the stability of the catalyst and its recyclability, but also increased the adsorption efficiency by up to two times compared to conventional adsorbents due to the synergistic effects between the thallium and vanadium metal centers. This degradation follows first-order kinetics. The adsorbent material showed relatively good reproducibility. This nano-adsorbent is proposed as an efficient and sustainable option for the treatment of industrial wastewater.
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