H3PW12O40 and Nano-sized Titania Supported on Urea Formaldehyde Resin for Photo catalytic Decolorization of Dye Pollutants in Aqueous Solution

Subject Areas : Polymer

Hossein Salavati ¹ , Marzieh Mousavi-Dashti Mousavi-Dashti ²

1 - Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University,Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University,Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-12-22 Accepted : 2018-12-22 Published : 2018-10-01

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In this work, H3PW12O40 (PPT) and nano-sized titania supported on urea formaldehyde (UF) resinwas prepared via an impregnation method. The prepared sample was characterized by X-raydiffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR),scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The photocatalytic activity of the PPT/TiO2/UF sample was evaluated by the decolorization of BromothymolBlue (BB), Direct Yellow12 (DY) and Texas Red (TR) dye solutions under UV-Vis and visiblelight irradiation. The optical property of the PPT/TiO2/UF sample was evaluated by UV-Visspectrum. The effect of photocatalyst dosage and dye concentration on photo catalyticdecolorization of dyes was investigated. Photo catalytic efficiency of the PPT/TiO2/UF sample wascompared with TiO2/UF sample. Moreover, the reusability of the sample was examined.