Fe-TiO<sub>2</sub>/zeolite H-A photocatalyst for degradation of waste dye (methylene blue) under UV irradiation

Ririn Cahyanti; Sumari Sumari; Fauziatul Fajaroh; Muhammad Roy Asrori; Yana Fajar Prakasa; Ririn Cahyanti; Sumari Sumari; Fauziatul Fajaroh; Muhammad Roy Asrori; Yana Fajar Prakasa

doi:10.3934/matersci.2023003

AIMS Materials Science

2023, Volume 10, Issue 1: 40-54. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2023003

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Fe-TiO₂/zeolite H-A photocatalyst for degradation of waste dye (methylene blue) under UV irradiation

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang No. 5, Malang, 65145, Indonesia

Received: 29 July 2022 Revised: 01 November 2022 Accepted: 11 November 2022 Published: 19 December 2022

Industrial wastewater contains non-biodegradable dyes that are highly toxic to humans and aquatic life. As solution from photocatalytic degradation, TiO₂ is one of the effective photocatalysts for wastewater degradation, but it has low adsorption power. To overcome this deficiency, this study synthesized a new photocatalyst by Fe-TiO₂/zeolite H-A. The photocatalyst was successfully synthesized by the impregnation method and was systematically characterized by XRD, XRF, SEM, FT-IR and UV-Vis DRS. XRD diffractogram at 2θ = 25.3° showed anatase phase of the photocatalyst. SEM results showed a rough and soft surface with a size of 491.49 nm. FT-IR analysis obtained the zeolite-A characteristic band, vibration of Ti-O-Ti groups and the vibration of the Fe-O group. The bandwidth of the band gap was 3.16 eV. The photocatalytic efficiency of methylene blue degradation reached 89.58% yield with optimum conditions: irradiation time of 50 min, pH 9 and concentration of methylene blue about 20 mg/L. Fe-TiO₂/zeolite H-A as a new photocatalyst can be an alternative photocatalyst to purify methylene blue.
- dye degradation,
- photocatalyst,
- TiO₂,
- zeolite A,
- ferrous material
Citation: Ririn Cahyanti, Sumari Sumari, Fauziatul Fajaroh, Muhammad Roy Asrori, Yana Fajar Prakasa. Fe-TiO2/zeolite H-A photocatalyst for degradation of waste dye (methylene blue) under UV irradiation[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2023, 10(1): 40-54. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2023003

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Abstract

Industrial wastewater contains non-biodegradable dyes that are highly toxic to humans and aquatic life. As solution from photocatalytic degradation, TiO₂ is one of the effective photocatalysts for wastewater degradation, but it has low adsorption power. To overcome this deficiency, this study synthesized a new photocatalyst by Fe-TiO₂/zeolite H-A. The photocatalyst was successfully synthesized by the impregnation method and was systematically characterized by XRD, XRF, SEM, FT-IR and UV-Vis DRS. XRD diffractogram at 2θ = 25.3° showed anatase phase of the photocatalyst. SEM results showed a rough and soft surface with a size of 491.49 nm. FT-IR analysis obtained the zeolite-A characteristic band, vibration of Ti-O-Ti groups and the vibration of the Fe-O group. The bandwidth of the band gap was 3.16 eV. The photocatalytic efficiency of methylene blue degradation reached 89.58% yield with optimum conditions: irradiation time of 50 min, pH 9 and concentration of methylene blue about 20 mg/L. Fe-TiO₂/zeolite H-A as a new photocatalyst can be an alternative photocatalyst to purify methylene blue.

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