Journal
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages 703-713Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.08.014
Keywords
Sonocatalysis; Nanolayered double hydroxide; Nanocatalyst; Acid red 17
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- Iran Science Elites Federation
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ZnFe nanolayered double hydroxide (NLDH) with anions of Cl- in its interlayer space was synthesized using a facile co-precipitation method. The synthesized ZnFe-Cl NLDH was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), N-2 adsorption/desorption, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and point of zero charge pH (pHpzc) analyses. In this research, the sonocatalytic activity of the as-prepared NLDH was investigated for removal of acid red 17 as model pollutant. The effects of the operating parameters including sonocatalyst concentration, pH, initial dye concentration, intensity of ultrasonic irradiation and the presence of radical scavengers and process enhancers were studied on the sonocatalytic degradation of acid red 17. The decreased decolorization efficiency in the presence of the radical scavengers confirmed that the free radicals play the basic roll in the degradation of acid red 17 molecules. In addition a probable mechanism for degradation of acid red 17 through the sonocatalytic process was proposed according to the identified intermediates detected using gas chromatography-mass (GC-MS) spectroscopy.
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