Open AccessSYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOCATALYS Fe2O3 PILLARED MONTMORILLONITE DOPED TiO2 AND ITS APPLICATION FOR RHODAMINE B PHODODEGRADATION USING VISIBLE LIGHT IRRADIATION
Author(s) -
Desak Ayu Dhyaitha Dewi,
I Nengah Simpen,
I Wayan Suarsa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal kimia (journal of chemistry)/jurnal kimia (jurusan kimia, fakultas matematika dan ilmu pengetahuan alam universitas udayana)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2599-2740
pISSN - 1907-9850
DOI - 10.24843/jchem.2020.v14.i01.p14
Subject(s) - montmorillonite , photocatalysis , rhodamine b , photodegradation , materials science , specific surface area , calcination , doping , bet theory , nuclear chemistry , adsorption , chemical engineering , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , optoelectronics , engineering
A montmorillonite clay modified with semiconductor metal can act as a photocatalyst material. Montmorillonite clays were chosen because of their natural characteristics which are easily to be modified and have high specific surface area. This research aims to modify montmorillonite clay into photocatalyst material. The montmorillonite clay was intercalated using Fe2O3 to produce Fe2O3-pillared montmorillonite clay, then doped with TiO2 to form a photocatalyst material Fe2O3-PILC / TiO2. Modifications were intended to increase the specific surface area and number of active photocatalyst sites and thus increase the ability of photodegradation. The characterization carried out included characterizing the pillar formation using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), specific surface area by the BET method (Bruneau, Emmet, and Teller), a the number of surface acid-base sites by the titration method. Photocatalyst with the best character was Fe2O3-PILC / TiO2 1: 3 with specific surface area, number of acid and base sites respectively 45,947 m2/g, 20,1736 x 1023 sites/gram and 19,0044 x 1023 sites/gram. The result of photodegradation at optimum condition with visible light at pH 3 using 400 mg photocatalyst was 99.84%.
Keywords: photocatalyst, Fe2O3, montmorillonite clay, TiO2, rhodamine B