Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium onto Perlite-Based Geopolymer
Joint Authors
El Alouani, Marouane
Alehyen, Saliha
El Achouri, Mohammed
Aride, Jilali
Taibi, M’hamed
Saufi, H.
Source
International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-02-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Abstract EN
In this work, geopolymer synthesized with perlite and an alkaline activator medium was evaluated as a new adsorbent and photocatalyst for degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye from an aqueous medium.
The functional group, the structure, and the morphology of the raw and the synthesized materials were characterized using FT-IR, XRD, and SEM analysis.
The degradation of MB in the contaminated solution was examined using the spectrophotometric technique.
Several analysis methods revealed the formation of the aluminosilicate gel after the geopolymerization reaction.
The kinetics data with UV and without UV irradiations were well fitted with the pseudo-second-order equation.
The results indicated that the degradation efficiency of cationic dye by perlite-based geopolymer without and with UV was up to 88.94% and 97.87% in 4 hours, respectively.
The degradation efficiencies of methylene blue are in the following order: perlite-based geopolymer under UV irradiations is greater than perlite-based geopolymer without UV irradiations that is larger than UV irradiations.
The overall experimental results suggested that the new elaborated material with synergetic adsorption and photocatalytic activities has a great potential for the treatment of water contaminated by hazardous substances.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Saufi, H.& El Alouani, Marouane& Alehyen, Saliha& El Achouri, Mohammed& Aride, Jilali& Taibi, M’hamed. 2020. Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium onto Perlite-Based Geopolymer. International Journal of Chemical Engineering،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Saufi, H.…[et al.]. Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium onto Perlite-Based Geopolymer. International Journal of Chemical Engineering No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Saufi, H.& El Alouani, Marouane& Alehyen, Saliha& El Achouri, Mohammed& Aride, Jilali& Taibi, M’hamed. Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium onto Perlite-Based Geopolymer. International Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1169446