• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2005

Effect of the pH, molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA, concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA and ionic strength on the photocatalytic oxidation(PCO) of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was studied in this work. Experimental results in this work were compared with previous results obtained with UV-lamp. In the kinetics, Cu(II)-EDTA decomposition was favorable below neutral pH. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was favorable as $TiO_2$ dosage increased. The initial rate for the decomplexation of Cu(II)-EDTA linearly increased as the concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA increased. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was not much affected by variation of ionic strength with $NaClO_4$ as a background ion while much reduction was observed in the presence of background ions having higher formal charges. The removal trend of Cu(II) and DOC with variation of ionic strength and concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was similar with that in UV light. Variation of the molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA showed a negligible effect on the removal of both Cu(II) and DOC. However, removal of both Cu(II) and DOC was two-times greater than that previous results obtained with UV light.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.236-241
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• 2008

자외선 조사에 따른 광촉매 $TiO_2$의 표면에서 발생하는 활성산소종의 기상확산을 이용하여 실리콘기판 위에 산화박막을 성장시켰다. 자외선의 세기, 기판의 온도와 반응기 내의 산소 압력을 공정변수로 한 결과, 일정두께의 실리콘 산화박막의 성장이 자외선의 세기가 증가할수록 빨랐으며, 자외선램프의 세기를 60 W BLB 램프에서 1 kW 고압수은 랩프로 변경할 경우 성장속도가 8배 정도 빨라졌다. 반응기 내의 압력이 증가할수록 실리콘 산화박막의 성장속도는 느렸다. 대부분 산화박막의 성장은 $20{\AA}$에서 포화되었으며, 자외선의 세기가 증가할수록 포화상태까지 도달시간이 빨라졌다. 성장된 산화박막을 열처리를 통하여 전형적인 열산화막의 물성에 도달할 수 있었다. 광활성 산소종의 기상확산은 실리콘 산화박막의 저온 형성에 대한 광촉매 활용이라는 새로운 산화공정 방법으로 사용이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.92-97
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• 2004

Three methods for VOCs emissions control in indoor air are reduction at the source, ventilation between indoor and outdoor, and removal. The best alternative should be to replace highly emitting sources with sources having low emissions, but the pertinent information on VOCs is not always available from manufactures. Other ways of improving indoor air quality are needed. It is to increase the outside fresh-air flow to dilute the pollutants, but this method would generally provide only a dilution effect without destruction in residence. An ideal alternative to existing technologies would be a chemical oxidation process able to treat large volumes of slightly contaminated air at normal temperature without additional oxidant such as ozone generator and ion generator. Photocatalytic oxidation(PCO) represents such a process. It is characterized by a surface reaction assisted by light radiation inducing the formation of superoxide, hydroperoxide anions, or hydroxyl radicals, which are powerful oxidants. In comparison with other VOCs removal methods, PCO offers several advantages. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibilities for photocatalytic purification of slightly contaminated indoor air by using visible light such as flurescent visible light(FVL). In this study, a PCO of relatively concentrated benzene using common FVL lamps was investigated as batch type and total volatile organic compounds(TVOCs) using a common FVL lamp and penetrated sun light over window. The results of this study shown the possibility of TiO$_2$ photocatalyst application in the area of indoor air quality control.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.353-366
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• 2021

In this study, photocatalytic degradation of ammonia in petrochemical wastewater is investigated by solar light photocatalysis. Two-dimensional ultra-thin atomic layer structured MoS₂ are synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method. We examine all prepared samples by means of physical techniques, such as SEM-EDX, HRTEM, FT-IR, BET, XRD, XPS, DRS and PL. And, we use fullerene modified MoS₂ nanosheets to enhance the activity of photochemically generated oxygen (PGO) species. Surface area and pore volumes of the MoS₂-fullerene samples significantly increase due to the existence of MoS₂. And, PGO oxidation of MB, TBA and TMST, causing its concentration in aqueous solution to decrease, is confirmed by the results of PL. The generation of reactive oxygen species is detected through the oxidation reaction from 1,5-diphenyl carbazide (DPCI) to 1,5-diphenyl carbazone (DPCO). It is found that the photocurrent density and the PGO effect increase in the case with modified fullerene. The experimental results show that this heterogeneous catalyst has a degradation of 88.43% achieved through visible light irradiation. The product for the degradation of NH₃ is identified as N₂, but not NO^2- or NO^3-.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.70-70
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• 2013

As the costs of carbon-footprinetd fuels grow continuously and simultaneously atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration increases, solar fuels are receiving growing attention as alternative clean energy carriers. These fuels include molecular hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide produced from water, and hydrocarbons converted from carbon dioxide. For high efficiency solar fuel production, not only light absorbers (oxide semiconductors, Si, inorganic complexes, etc) should absorb most sunlight, but also charge separation and interfacial charge transfers need to occur efficiently. With this in mind, this talk will introduce the fundamentals of solar fuel production and artificial photosynthesis, and then discuss in detail on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting and CO2 conversion. This talk largely divides into two section: PEC water oxidation and PEC CO2 reduction. The former is very important for proton-coupled electron transfer to CO2. For this oxidation, a variety of oxide semiconductors have been tested including TiO2, ZnO, WO3, BiVO4, and Fe2O3. Although they are essentially capable of oxidizing water into molecular oxygen, the efficiency is very low primarily because of high overpotentials and slow kinetics. This challenge has been overcome by coupling with oxygen evolving catalysts (OECs) and/or doping donor elements. In the latter, surface-modified p-Si electrodes are fabricated to absorb visible light and catalyze the CO2 reduction. For modification, metal nanoparticles are electrodeposited on the p-Si and their PEC performance is compared.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2004

폐수내의 오염물질 제거를 위해 광촉매 산화반응조의 운영인자로 선택한 대상물질의 초기농도 자외선의 강도 촉매의 표면적에 대해 실험을 수행하여 각 인자 수준에 따른 페놀농도의 제거율을 조사하구 분산분석법을 통해 오차에 의한 영향을 평가하고, 요인분석법을 적용하여 각 인자 및 인자 사이의 상호작용 효과를 계산하여 광촉매 산화반응조의 최적운영 조건을 도출하였다. 광촉매 산화반응조의 실험인자로 선택한 페놀의 초기농도 자외선의 강도 촉매의 표면적이 페놀의 제거 량에 미치는 정도를 조사하기 위하여 각 인자의 수준을 3가지로 변화시키고 반복횟수 3회인 예비실험을 통해, 각 인자의 수준변화가 페놀의 제거에 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 것을 분산분석법으로 검증하였으며, 시간당 페놀 제거농도는 각 인자의 수준을 각각 50 mg/L, $20,000\;{\mu}W/cm^2$, $2,105\;cm^2$일 때 가장 높았다. 광촉매 산화반응조의 실험인자로 선택한 페놀의 초기농도, 자외선의 강도 촉매의 표면적이 각각 페놀의 제거에 미치는 영향과 인자와 인자 사이에 존재하는 상호작용의 영향을 규명하기 위하여 각 인자의 수준이 2가지이고 반복횟수가 3회인 요인분석 실험을 수행하였다. 페놀의 초기농도를 5에서 50 mg/L료 자외선 강도를 5,000에서 $20,000\;{\mu}W/cm^2$로, 촉매의 표면적을 740에서 $2,105\;cm^2$로 증가시킴으로써 얻을 수 있는 페놀농도의 제거율은 각각 1.86 및 1.79와 2.10 mg/L hr 이었으며, 인자와 인자 사이의 상호작용 효과는 페놀의 초기농도와 촉매의 표면적 사이에 존재하는 상호작용의 영향을 제외하고는 각 인자들의 주 효과에 비교하여 페놀의 제거농도에 미치는 영향이 상대적으로 적었다. 따라서 각 인자의 수준을 높은 방향으로 운영하는 것이 가장 많은 대상물질을 제거할 수 있지만, 광촉매 산화반응조로 유입되는 오염물질의 농도를 조절하기 곤란하고, 자외선의 강도 증가 또한 전력비등으로 한계가 예견되므로, 대상물질의 제거에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 촉매의 표면적을 증가시키는 것이 광촉매 산화 반응조를 효율적으로 운영하는 방안이라고 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 산소플라즈마로 티타늄을 산화하고 급속열처리하여 티타니아 광촉매 박막을 제조하고 휴믹산 제거실험을 수행하였다. 플라즈마 화학기상증착장치에서의 산소플라즈마는 티타늄 표면을 산화시킴으로써 광촉매 피막을 생성하게 된다. 증착조건에서 RF power는 최대 500 W 이하에서 100 W, 150 W, 300 W, 처리시간은 5분, 10분에서 조절되었다. 박막의 특성은 XPS와 XRD로 측정하였다. 실험으로서 우리는 박막이 높은 성능을 나타내는 최적을 조건을 찾았다. 또한 제조된 박막의 경우 기존 Thermal spray Titania film에 비해 2배정도 우수하였고 분말만큼 광촉매 성능을 갖는다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2015

SnS-$TiO_2$ nanocomposites are synthesized using simple, cheap, and less toxic $SnCl_2$ as the tin (II) precursor. The prepared nanoparticles are characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS). The XRD and TEM results indicate that the prepared product has SnS nanoparticles and a grain diameter of 30 nm. The DRS demonstrate that SnS-$TiO_2$ possesses the absorption profile across the entire visible light region. The generation of reactive oxygen species is detected through the oxidation reaction from 1,5-diphenyl carbazide (DPCI) to 1,5-diphenyl carbazone (DPCO). It is found that the photocurrent density and photocatalytic effect increase with the modified SnS. Excellent catalytic degradation of Texbrite BA-L (TBA) solution is observed using the SnS-$TiO_2$ composites under visible light irradiation. It is proposed that both the strong visible light absorption and the multiple exciton excitations contribute to the high visible light photocatalytic activity.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.11-28
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• 2014

Advanced oxidation processes using UV and catalysts like $TiO_2$ and ZnO have been recently applied for the photocatalytic degradation of MTBE in water. Attempts have been made to replace the UV radiation by the solar spectrum. This review intends to shed more light on the work that has been done so far in this area of research. The information provided will help in crystallizing the ideas required to shift the trend from UV photocatalysis to sunlight photocatalysis. The careful optimization of the reaction parameters and the type of the dopant employed are greatly responsible for any enhancement in the degradation process. The advantage of shifting from UV photocatalysts to visible light photocatalysts can be observed when catalysts like $TiO_2$ and ZnO are doped with suitable metals. Therefore, it is expected that in the near future, the visible light photocatalysis will be the main technique applied for the remediation of water contaminated with MTBE.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2017

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can be produced by interactions between sunlight and light-absorbing substances in natural water environments and can completely destroy various organic pollutants in waste water. In this study, we used graphene oxide modified $Ag_2Se$ nanoparticles to enhance photochemically generated oxygen (PGO) species activity. Surface area and pore volumes of the $Ag_2Se-graphene$ ($Ag_2Se-G$) samples showed catastrophic decrease due to deposition of $Ag_2Se$. The generation of reactive oxygen species was detected through the oxidation reaction of DPCI to DPCO. The photocurrent density and the PGO effect increase in the case of the use of modified graphene. The PGO effect of the graphene modified with $Ag_2Se$ composites increased significantly due to a synergetic effect between graphene and the $Ag_2Se$ nanoparticles. The photocatalytic activity of sample was evaluated by measuring the degradation of organic pollutants such as methylene blue (MB) and industrial dyes such as Texbrite BA-L (TBA) under visible light.