Visible Light Photodegradation of Diisopropanolamine Using Cu/TiO<sub>2</sub> Photocatalyst: Effect of Metal Loading Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Cu doped TiO2 at different metal loading was successfully prepared and investigated. Characterization of the prepared photocatalysts was carried out using X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance UVVis spectroscopy (DRUVVis) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Photodegradation study of aqueous diisopropanolamine solution (1000 ppm) using the prepared photocatalyst showed significant COD removal under visible light irradiation. The photocatalyst with 1.5 wt% Cu gave the highest COD removal of 45 %.

publication date

  • 2014

number of pages

  • 4

start page

  • 273

end page

  • 277

volume

  • 925