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Photocatalytic Degradation of Divalent Metals under Sunlight Irradiation Using Nanoparticle TiO2 Modified Concrete Materials (Recycled Glass Cullet)

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Tackling water shortage issues with the desalination of seawater and salty water is common in desert nations. Recently, new methodologies have been developed based on using nanotechnology for water desalination. Updating the field of water treatment by the photochemical technique has led to an important development in oxidative degradation processes applying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a catalyst. Searching for low-cost technologies for materials science applications, glass waste was used as an adsorbent and a promoting catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants under sunlight irradiation source. In this study the newly-explored nanocomposite TiO2 catalyst supported with recycled glass cullet, derived from crushed waste beverage bottles (as adsorbent), was used as a promising alternative catalyst material for the removal of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn from water. The effects of various parameters (adsorbent and catalyst dose, solution pH, contact time and initial metal concentration) on metal-removal efficiency were investigated. The results revealed a higher removal percentage of metals using glass cullet/TiO2 (GB/TiO2) than GB as low-cost materials for water treatment.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Aswan Faculty of Science, Aswan University, 81528, Aswan, Egypt

    M. N. Rashed

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  1. Center for Environmental Studies and Research (CESAR), Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Mahad Baawain

  2. Center for Environmental Studies and Research (CESAR), Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    B.S. Choudri

  3. College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Mushtaque Ahmed

  4. College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Anton Purnama

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Fig. 7.1 Effect of GB/TiO2 dosage on the removal of Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn

Fig. 7.2 Effect of initial metal concentration on the removal of Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn

Fig. 7.3 Effect of pH on removal efficiencies of metals

Fig. 7.4 Effect of contact time on the removal of Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn

Fig. 7.5 SEM Micrographs of GB and GB/TiO2 samples

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Rashed, M.N. (2015). Photocatalytic Degradation of Divalent Metals under Sunlight Irradiation Using Nanoparticle TiO2 Modified Concrete Materials (Recycled Glass Cullet). In: Baawain, M., Choudri, B., Ahmed, M., Purnama, A. (eds) Recent Progress in Desalination, Environmental and Marine Outfall Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19123-2_7

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