Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (7): 130-136.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0565

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Study on preparation of g-C3N4/TiO2 composites and application for rhodamine B removal

CHEN Zhangxu1,2,3(), ZHU Danchen1,2,3, FU Minglian1,2,3   

  1. 1. College of Environmental and Biological Engineering,Putian University,Putian 351100,China
    2. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants,Putian 351100,China
    3. Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas,Fujian Provincial University,Putian 351100,China
  • Received:2022-09-19 Online:2023-07-10 Published:2023-07-13

Abstract:

In order to improve the organic dye removal performance,a series of g-C3N4/TiO2 composites with different mass ratios were synthesized by hydrothermal method with using g-C3N4 as organic semiconductor and TiO2 as inorganic semiconductor.The orthogonal test L16(45) was used to explore the optimal process conditions for g-C3N4/TiO2 composites to treat rhodamine B simulated printing and dyeing wastewater.The results showed that the optimum conditions were as the following:the light time was 180 min,the mass ratio of g-C3N4 to TiO2 was 20:30,the dosage of g-C3N4/TiO2 was 2.0 g/L,the concentration of rhodamine B was 20 mg/L,the pH value was 6.50,the removal rate was up to 98.86%.However,the removal rate of g-C3N4 and TiO2 for rhodamine B were 52.27% and 89.71%,respectively,which was indicated that g-C3N4 doped with TiO2 could enhance the synergistic removal efficiency of Rhodamine B.Radical scavenger experiments showed that superoxide radical(·O2-) and photogenerated holes(h+) played a crucial role.The removal rate of rhodamine B could reach 90.79% after four cycles of g-C3N4/TiO2 composites.The result indicated that g-C3N4/TiO2 composites could reduce energy consumption and cause no secondary pollution,which would provide reference for wastewater treatment in the future.

Key words: g-C3N4, TiO2, rhodamine B, printing and dyeing wastewater

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