A modified carbon paste electrode with NiO nanoparticles showed an excellent electrocatalytic behavior towards loratadine in the voltammetric and chronoamperometric approaches. Typical plots of IC/IL vs. t1/2 were contracted, and an average rate constant of 185.5 ± 2.2 M−1 s−1 was obtained from the slope of the curve. The geometric surface area of the electrode was 0.0314 cm2, and an average D-value of (1.11×10−3 ± 1.16×10−4) m2 s−1 was obtained for the diffusion of loratadine (Lor) towards the electrode surface. When the effective surface area (0.245 cm2) was used in calculations, an average D-value of (1.83×10−5 ± 1.96×10−6) cm2 s−1 was obtained. ∆I response is the peak current difference of the electrode at a fixed time when Lor analyte was added, and it is in proportion to the loratadine concentration in the range of 20-1000 nM. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the method were 1.4 and 4.7 nM Lor when the 3Sb/m and 10Sb/m criteria were used, respectively. Manuscript profile

Here, SnO2, BiVO4, and CuO nanoparticles (NPs) were hydrothermally synthesized and mixed in an agate mortar mechanically. The coupled ternary SnO2-BiVO4-CuO (SBC) catalyst and the individual NPs were then briefly characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Average crystallite size of 25 nm was obtained from the XRD data based on the Scherrer formula. The absorption edge (λAE) values of 1095, 430, 558, and 636 nm, corresponding to the band gap (Eg) values of 1.13, 2.88, 2.22, and 1.95 eV, were respectively obtained for the as-synthesized CuO, SnO2, and BiVO4 NPs and the as-prepared ternary SBC catalyst based on DRS results. The PZP degradation% of 11, 15, 17, and 24% were obtained by the CuO, SnO2, BiVO4 NPs, and SBC catalyst (with the same moles of each component). But, when the moles of BiVO4 in the SBC were two times greater than the others, about 43% of PZP were removed. The k-value of 9.9 × 10-3 min-1 corresponding to the t1/2-value of 70 min was obtained by applying the Hinshelwood plot on the photodegradation results. Photodegradation experiments were carried out in pH 5, CPhP: 3.35 ppm, and catalyst dosage: 0.55 g L-1. Further, when the photodegraded solutions were subject to the COD experiment, the Hinshelwood plots showed a slope of 0.01 min-1 which corresponds to the t1/2-value of 69.3 min. Manuscript profile

In this research, zeolite A was synthesized from waste porcelain and CdS nano-particles were doped in zeolite framework by a precipitation after an ion exchanging process. All raw and modified samples were characterized by FT-IR, XRD and SEM methods. Primary experiments showed that the good efficiency of loaded nano CdS onto the zeolite A for photodecomposition of dimethyldisulfide (DMDS) under UV irradiation. Hence the effect of some experimental parameters on the kinetics of the photodegradation experiments was studied and the optimal conditions were found as: pH 3, 3 g L–1 of the catalyst and 8 ppm of DMDS concentration. UV-Vis spectrophotometric measurements were performed to determine the degradation extent. The degradation process obeyed first-order kinetics. Manuscript profile

A comparison of the photoefficiency of Ni(II) and NiS incorporated into zeolite P towards photodecolorization of Eriochrome Black T dye solution was investigated in a photocatalytic reactor using UV lamp as a light source. The effect of various experimental variables on the decolorization performance of the process was evaluated by examining catalyst dosage, temperature, initial dye concentration and pH of the dye solution. The obtained results showed better efficiency of NiS/P than Ni/P catalyst. The decolorization process in both case obeyed first-order kinetics. Manuscript profile