PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS
ABOUBARAKA, A., EL-MOSELHY, M., ZAHER, M., EBEID, E. (2013). PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS. EKB Journal Management System, 2013(12), 125-140. doi: 10.21608/absb.2013.6413
ABDELMEGUID E. ABOUBARAKA; MEDHAT M. EL-MOSELHY; MAHMOUD R. ZAHER; EL-ZEINY M. EBEID. "PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS". EKB Journal Management System, 2013, 12, 2013, 125-140. doi: 10.21608/absb.2013.6413
ABOUBARAKA, A., EL-MOSELHY, M., ZAHER, M., EBEID, E. (2013). 'PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS', EKB Journal Management System, 2013(12), pp. 125-140. doi: 10.21608/absb.2013.6413
ABOUBARAKA, A., EL-MOSELHY, M., ZAHER, M., EBEID, E. PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 2013(12): 125-140. doi: 10.21608/absb.2013.6413

PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF DIRECT VIOLET 4-AZODYE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING Α-FE2O3THIN FILMS

Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science
Article 9, Volume 2013, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 125-140    PDF (735.64 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/absb.2013.6413
Authors
ABDELMEGUID E. ABOUBARAKA* 1; MEDHAT M. EL-MOSELHY1; MAHMOUD R. ZAHER1; EL-ZEINY M. EBEID2
1Chemistry department, Faculty of science, Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta City, Egypt.
Abstract
This study involves the preparation of α-Fe2O3 thin films coated on microscopic glass slides by thermal spray followed by thermally- induced decomposition of Prussian Blue(PB), Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3, in air at 250°C. XRD and SEM were used to characterize the synthesized thin films for surface morphology texturing. Photocatalytic activity of α-Fe2O3 thin films was investigated using direct violet 4-azodye, employing heterogeneous photocatalytic process. Two different types of light have been used in this study, one using UV light and the other using visible light using a 100-watt tungsten lamp. α-Fe2O3 thin film does not give any significant effect upon using UV light while visible light caused more than 69.5% degradation of direct violet 4-azodye in the presence of 90.66 mg/L of H2O2. We studied the effect of different parameters on photocatalytic degradation process including changes in H2O2 concentration and pH of the medium, were studied.
Keywords
α-Fe2O3thin film; direct violet 4 azo dye; Photodegradation
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