Yeoh, Melissa Xiu Jing (2014) Synthesis and characterization of MOF-5/TiO2 thin film. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The major drawbacks of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by TiOâ‚‚ are the wide band gap energy of TiOâ‚‚ and the rapid recombination between the charge carriers (e-/h+ pairs). These limit the photocatalytic activity of TiOâ‚‚ as large amount of solar is still unable to excite the photocatalyst. The MOF-5 / TiOâ‚‚ thin film was fabricated by dip-coating a TiOrcoated pyrex tube into a MOF-5 mother solution. XRD analysis of the MOF-5 / TiOâ‚‚ thin film confirmed the crystalline structures of anatase Ti02 and MOF-5 respectively. This study utilised MOF-5 / TiOâ‚‚/UV-A system in the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange. The MOF-5 / TiOâ‚‚/UV-A system was capable of degrading 34.3 % of 5 ppm of aqueous methyl orange solution after 2 hours compared to 32.2 % by the TiOâ‚‚/UV-A system under the same reaction conditions. This shows that the presence of MOF-5 is able to increase the photocatalytic activity of TiOâ‚‚. However, the photodegradation efficiency starts to decrease after irradiation time of 3 hours. This could be due to the competition between methyl orange and its intermediate species during the photodegradation process.
| Item Type: | Academic Exercise |
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| Keyword: | photocatalytic, crystalline structures, photodegradation process, organic pollutants |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Science and Natural Resources |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2017 11:21 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2017 10:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/14634 |
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