Enhanced discolouration of methyl violet 10B in a gliding arc plasma reactor by the maghemite nanoparticles used as heterogeneous catalyst
(2015) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering — Vol. 3, p. 953-960 (2015)
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- This study focuses on the discolouration of a triphenylmethane dye (ie methyl violet 10B) using a gliding arc plasma discharge in humid air. The results show that the discolouration process is strongly dependent on the initial dye concentration. The maximum discolouration rates are 96.9% and 6.7% after 60 min for initial dye concentrations of 2.5 mg L− 1 and 100 mg L− 1, respectively. The incorporation of maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3) into a 100 mg L− 1 dye solution increases the discolouration rate under plasma up to 55.6%. This improvement of the discolouration efficiency suggests that maghemite acts as a heterogeneous catalyst for Fenton decomposition of H2O2 resulting from the dimerization of HO radicals produced by plasma in the gas phase. The X-ray diffraction (XRD)and Fourier transform-infrared(FTIR)characterizations of the catalyst before and after being used 3-times show that the maghemite nanoparticles are stable in the target-solution exposed to gliding arc plasma and can be therefore reused for further treatments.
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Tiya Djowe, A., Ayacanka, E., Lontio-Nkouongfo, G., Laminsi, S., & Gaigneaux, E. (2015). Enhanced discolouration of methyl violet 10B in a gliding arc plasma reactor by the maghemite nanoparticles used as heterogeneous catalyst. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 3, 953-960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2014.11.016 (Original work published 2015)