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Photocatalytic Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol on NiAl-Mixed Oxides Derivatives of Activated Layered Double Hydroxides

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Advanced oxidation processes such as photocatalysis have assumed enormous importance in the scientific field as viable sustainable alternatives to be applied to the elimination of persistent organic pollutants present in water reservoirs for human consumption. Persistent organic compounds like pesticides that belong to the chlorophenol family are a global public health priority since they are associated with serious diseases like cancer and can even cause death at low concentrations of prolonged exposure. This work proposes the use of activated Ni/Al layered double hydroxides as photocatalysts for the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol. The study variables associated with the properties of the catalysts were the Ni/Al metal ratio as well as the synthesis conditions. To determine the structural properties of catalytic precursors and catalysts, the techniques of XRD, FTIR, UV-DR, DGTA, TPD, SEM-EDS and TEM were used. The photodegradation tests were carried out in a Bach type reactor with a high energy uv lamp. The results of the photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol in aqueous solution showed good photocatalytic activity with a degradation efficiency of up to 94% attributed to the presence of Ni in the crystalline and amorphous structures of NiO–NiAl2O4 oxides by means of a combined oxidation-reduction mechanism due to the effect of holes and superoxide and hydroxyl radicals not associated with the memory effect of reconstruction of layered double hydroxides.

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The authors thank CONACYT, UAM-I and UG for your support and funding. Additionally, we thank Dr. Mirella Gutiérrez A. from UAM-A and Dr. Raul Pérez-Hernandez from ININ for their scientific-technological support.

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  1. Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta s/n, Col. Noria Alta, C.P. 36050, Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico

    Esthela Ramos-Ramírez & María del Pilar Guevara-Hornedo

  2. División de Ingenierías, Departamento de Ingenierías Civil y Ambiental, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Guanajuato, Av. Juárez 77 Centro Histórico, C.P. 36000, Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico

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  3. Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 189, C.P. 09340, Mexico, Mexico

    Francisco Tzompantzi-Morales, J. C. Castillo-Rodríguez & Clara Tzompantzi-Flores

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Ramos-Ramírez, E., Gutiérrez-Ortega, N.L., Tzompantzi-Morales, F. et al. Photocatalytic Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol on NiAl-Mixed Oxides Derivatives of Activated Layered Double Hydroxides. Top Catal 63, 546–563 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01269-0

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