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Ingeniería y Ciencia

versão impressa ISSN 1794-9165

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BARBOSA LOPEZ, Aida Liliana  e  CASTRO SIERRA, Isel María. Comparative Study of Catalytic Systems TiO2 and Nb2O5 · 3H2O in Cyanide Degradation According to Oxidant Type. ing.cienc. [online]. 2012, vol.8, n.16, pp.257-280. ISSN 1794-9165.

This article discusses the viability of using agents such as niobium photocatalyst in decreasing higher energy of the band gap. To do so competitively with TiO2, the presence of oxidation helpers such as H2O2 and O3 could present surprising results in the catalytic performance due to higher generation of OH o radicals. Oxidation helpers are shown to assist in obtaining larger area oxides and textural properties different from commercial niobium oxide, and enhancing its catalytic activity in free cyanide removing. The article presents experimental results of cyanide photodegradation of 100mg/l with Degussa P- 25 TiO2 and Nb2O5·3H2O, using a type CPC photoreactor and sunlight as the radiation source. Taking an inclination equal to Cartagena latitude of 10,450, the results show a clear effect of pH, catalyst type and oxidation auxiliar agent on photodegradation reaction. The ion cyanide reduction of polluted effluent was enhanced by oxidizing agent (O3 and H2O2) addition. This may suggest a greater susceptibility to free cyanide oxidation and cianate indirect oxidation due to higher hydroxyl radical generation, which was induced by H2O2 or O3 presence under solar radiation. The results showed free cyanide photocatalytic oxidation percentages between 64% and 72% using Nb2O5 · 3H2O and 67% and 71% using TiO2 Degussa P-25. The catalysts were characterized structurally by XRD, BET, Raman and FTIR, with the purpose of correlating morphological changes in catalytic performing.

Palavras-chave : photocatalysis; ozone; niobium oxide; titanium oxide; hydrogen peroxide.

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