Alhindawy, I. G., Mira, H. I., Youssef, A. O., Abdelwahab, S. M., Zaher, A. A., El-Said, W. A., Elshehy, E. A. and Abdelkader, A. M., 2022. Cobalt doped titania-carbon nanosheets with induced oxygen vacancies for photocatalytic degradation of uranium complexes in radioactive wastes. Nanoscale Advances, 4 (24), 5330-5342.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2na00467d
Abstract
The photocatalytic degradation of uranium complexes is considered among the most efficient techniques for the efficient removal of uranium ions/complexes from radioactive wastewater. Described here is a nanostructured photocatalyst based on a cobalt-doped TiO2 composite with induced oxygen vacancies (Co@TiO2-C) for the photocatalytic removal of uranium complexes from contaminated water. The synergy between oxygen vacancies and Co-doping produced a material with a 1.7 eV bandgap, while the carbon network facilitates electron movement and hinders the e-h recombination. As a result, the new photocatalyst enables the decomposition of uranium-arsenazo iii complexes (U-ARZ3), followed by photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent uranium to insoluble tetravalent uranium. Combined with the nanosheet structure's high surface area, the photocatalytic decomposition, reduction efficiency, and kinetics were significantly enhanced, achieving almost complete U(vi) removal in less than 20 minutes from solution with a concentration as high as 1000 mL g−1. Moreover, the designed photocatalyst exhibits excellent stability and reusability without decreasing the photocatalytic performance after 5 cycles.
Item Type: | Article |
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ISSN: | 2516-0230 |
Group: | Faculty of Science & Technology |
ID Code: | 37875 |
Deposited By: | Symplectic RT2 |
Deposited On: | 01 Dec 2022 14:58 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2023 13:25 |
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