Removal of the Hazardous Congo Red Dye through Degradation under Visible Light Photocatalyzed by C,N Co-Doped TiO < sub > 2 < /sub > Prepared from Chicken Egg White

ScientificWorldJournal. 2022 Apr 15;2022:2613841. doi: 10.1155/2022/2613841. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTThe C,N co-doped TiO2 photocatalyst was prepared by interacting the chicken egg white having various weights (1, 2, and 4 g) with 1 g of TiO2 in an autoclave through the hydrothermal process at 150°C. The C,N co-doped TiO2 photocatalysts were characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), specular reflectance UV/visible (SRUV/Vis), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) instruments. The photocatalytic activity of the co-doped TiO2 was evaluated by monitoring the photo-decolorization of Congo red dye under visible light through a batch experiment. The characterization results assigned that the C and N atoms from the chicken egg white have been successfully co-doped into TiO2 through interstitial and substitutional combination, which could notably narrow their band gap energy entering into the visible region. In line with the gap narrowing, the co-doping C,N into TiO2 could remarkably improve the photocatalytic activity under visible light in the dye photo-decolorization. The enhancement of the photocatalyst activity of TiO2-C,N was controlled by the weight of the egg white introduced, and 2 g of the egg white resulted in the highest activity. Further, the best dye photo-decolorization, which was about 98%, of 10 mg/L Congo red dye in 100 mL of the solution under visible irradiation could be reached by applying TiO2-C,N prepared from 2 g of...
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