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Study of visible-light photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid in batch and circulated-mode photoreactors

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Purpose

The consumption of pesticides and chemical fertilizers is one of the major environmental and health problems. In this report, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was chosen to evaluate the impact of photodegradation using LED (Light-emitting diode) (400 and 365 nm) sources in batch and programmable circulated-mode photoreactors respectively.

Methods

A β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) grafted titanium dioxide P25 (P25/β-CD) and complexation of 2,4-D and β-CD were synthesized via photoinduced and spray-drying methods, respectively. The structures were characterized. Moreover, we investigated the effects of the amount of catalyst, the β-CD amount on bed catalyst, irradiation time, kind of photoreactor on the photocatalytic degradation efficiency.

Results

Based on the results of experiments in batch reactor, the optimum amount of TiO2, β-CD grafted by catalyst were 1 and 0.1 g/L, respectively. In batch-mode the photodegradation efficiency of 2,4-D after 5 h with P25, P25/β-CD as a photocatalyst and 2,4-D/β-CD complex with P25 photocatalyst were approximately 81, 85 and 95% respectively. After 8 h of irradiation in circulated-mode reactor, degradation yields with P25, P25/β-CD and 2,4-D/β-CD complex along with P25 were 89, 91 and 96% respectively. On the other hand, the circulated-mode photoreactor with high efficiency was appropriate to degradation of the high concentration of 2,4-D solution (200 mg/L). After 5 successive cycles with 25 h of irradiation, P25 and P25/β-CD maintained as high 2,4-D removal efficiency as 82.6, 84% respectively, with excellent stability and reusability.

Conclusion

The photodegradation method can be used as an effective and environmental friendly process in the degradation of organic compound.

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The authors acknowledge the support by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) Research Council of this work.

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, International Campus of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

    Sorur Safa

  2. Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 49195-1159, Iran

    Majid Mirzaei

  3. Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 49195-1159, Iran

    Foad Kazemi & Babak Kaboudin

  4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

    Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian

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Safa, S., Mirzaei, M., Kazemi, F. et al. Study of visible-light photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid in batch and circulated-mode photoreactors. J Environ Health Sci Engineer 17, 233–245 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-019-00343-4

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