The Photocatalytic Activity Under Sunlight Illumination of Organic Dyes Over the Spinel MgAl2O4

Authors

Djilali Mohamed Amine
Laboratory of Recovery and Recycling of Matter for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, USTHB, BP 32, Algiers, Algeria.
Mellal Mounir
Laboratory of Recovery and Recycling of Matter for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, USTHB, BP 32, Algiers, Algeria.
Mekatel Elhadj
Laboratory of Transfer Phenomena, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, USTHB, BP 32, Algiers, Algeria.
Boudiaf Salim
Laboratory of Reaction Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, USTHB, BP 32, Algiers, Algeria.

Synopsis

We report in this study, green, expedient, cost effective and environment friendly synthesis of MgAl2O4 spinel with a nitrate route and their potential application in the field of Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant. The synthesized spinel was characterize by XRD, SEM, EDX, UV–Visible spectra, and BET for obtaining the structural, morphological, optical, and textural properties with an energy gap Eg = 3.1 eV. The sunlight driven photocatalytic degradation efficiency of this catalyst was performer on a widely used industrial dye Methyl orange (MO) which is a major contaminant that is being mixer in water resources. The contamination could be degrade up to 89.23% when its concentration is 15 mg/L at pH 6, by the spinel of 0.5 g/L.

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Publication
Abstracts of the Second International Congress on Energy and Industrial Processes Engineering: Volume 2
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December 9, 2024
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AIJR Abstracts
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