Photocatalytic Mineralization of Organic Acids over Visible-Light-Driven Au/BiVO4Photocatalyst | Zendy

Kanlaya Pingmuang | Zendy; Natda Wetchakun | Zendy; Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon | Zendy; Kontad Ounnunkad | Zendy; Burapat Inceesungvorn | Zendy; Sukon Phanichphant | Zendy

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Photocatalytic Mineralization of Organic Acids over Visible-Light-Driven Au/BiVO₄Photocatalyst

Author(s) -

Kanlaya Pingmuang,

Natda Wetchakun,

Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon,

Kontad Ounnunkad,

Burapat Inceesungvorn,

Sukon Phanichphant

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of photoenergy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1687-529X

pISSN - 1110-662X

DOI - 10.1155/2013/943256

Subject(s) - photocatalysis , oxalic acid , malonic acid , scanning electron microscope , monoclinic crystal system , visible spectrum , nuclear chemistry , materials science , scheelite , spectroscopy , mineralization (soil science) , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , crystallography , crystal structure , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , nitrogen , tungsten , composite material , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics

Au/BiVO4 visible-light-driven photocatalysts were synthesized by coprecipitation method in the presence of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) as a dispersant. Physical characterization of the obtained materials was carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and Brunauer, and Emmett and Teller (BET) specific surface area measurement. Photocatalytic performances of the as-prepared Au/BiVO4 have also been evaluated via mineralizations of oxalic acid and malonic acid under visible light irradiation. XRD and SEM results indicated that Au/BiVO4 photocatalysts were of almost spherical particles with scheelite-monoclinic phase. Photocatalytic results showed that all Au/BiVO4 samples exhibited higher oxalic acid mineralization rate than that of pure BiVO4, probably due to a decrease of BiVO4 band gap energy and the presence of surface plasmon absorption upon loading BiVO4 with Au as evidenced from UV-Vis DRS results. The nominal Au loading amount of 0.25 mol% provided the highest pseudo-first-order rate constant of 0.0487 min−1 and 0.0082 min−1 for degradations of oxalic acid (C2) and malonic acid (C3), respectively. By considering structures of the two acids, lower pseudo-first-order rate constantly obtained in the case of malonic acid degradation was likely due to an increased complexity of the degradation mechanism of the longer chain acid

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