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1 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MY
2 Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MY
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol 2016 (2016), Pagination: 1-14
Abstract
A series of CdS/TiO2 nanocomposites with different Cd to Ti molar ratio were synthesized from P25-TiO2 nanopowder using microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. The as-produced powders were characterized by XRD, electron microscopy, EDX, and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The adsorption capacity and photocatalytic activity of the samples were investigated using methylene blue as a model pollutant. Sorption tests revealed that the adsorption of MB onto the samples obeys the Freundlich- Langmuir isotherm model. The sorption capacity decreased as follows: TiO2 > TCd2 > TCd1 > TCd3 > TCd4. The results of the photocatalytic tests under high-intensity discharge (HID) lamp revealed that CdS/TiO2 powders with low Cd to Ti molar ratios exhibited much higher activities than P25-TiO2. The CdS/TiO2 sample with 20% CdS/(TCd2) showed the most activity among all these samples. The results also show that the Cd to Ti molar ratio of the nanocomposite has a significant effect on the photodegradation of MB and the enhanced activities exhibited by the nanocomposites are because of the low rate of electron-hole recombination.
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