Bi7VO13 composite nanoparticles: Facile sol-gel synthesis for photocatalytic desulfurization of thiophene under visible light

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Cube-like Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composite nanoparticles: Facile sol-gel synthesis for photocatalytic desulfurization of thiophene under visible light

Mehdi Mousavi-Kamazani a,* a

New Technology Faculty, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

*Corresponding author: Tel.: +98 23 31535420, Fax: +98 23 31535401. E-mail address: [email protected] (Mehdi Mousavi-Kamazani)

Abstract In this paper, for the photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization of the oil derivatives under visible light, composite nanostructures of copper oxides and bismuth vanadate were prepared using Pechini sol gel method. Parameters affecting the size and morphology of nanostructures such as type of chelating and gelling agents, and molar ratio of copper salts to other metals were also investigated. The results of the analyzes showed that using ethylenediamine as a gelling agent, tannic acid as a chelating agent, and a 1:1:1 ratio for Cu:Bi:V, Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 resulted in production of composite nanoparticles with rectangular cube morphology, which exhibit the highest efficiency (92% after 150 min) in the photocatalytic oxidation of thiophene. Experiments on the trapping of active radical species as well as the recyclability of the catalyst were also conducted and the O2- and h+ were found to be active species and the catalyst showed remarkable stability.

Keywords:

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4,

Nanocomposite,

Rectangular cubic

Photocatalyst

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nanoparticles, Desulfurization,

1. Introduction Sulfur compounds are converted to sulfur oxides and sulfates when burning fossil fuels, producing acid rain and ultimately damaging the environment [1-3]. Sulfur compounds also poison the catalysts during the refining process. As a result, in many countries around the world, there have been many attempts to limit sulfur compounds in fuel. There are several ways to remove sulfur from petroleum compounds [4-7]: Hydro-desulfurization (HDS), adsorptive desulfurization (ADS), extractive desulfurisation (EDS), Biodesulfurization (BDS), oxidative-desulfurization (ODS), and photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization (PODS) [8-12]. Photocatalytic oxidation desulfurization is essentially a state-of-the-art oxidative desulfurization technique utilizing an efficient catalyst in the presence of light (ultraviolet or visible light) to accelerate the oxidation of sulfur compounds. This method can be used on an industrial scale due to its required ambient conditions, high selectivity, low cost and ability to use the available source of sunlight [13-16]. In this method, the most important step is fabrication of an efficient photocatalyst with high absorption ability, especially visible light, for oxidation reactions. In general, the photocatalytic materials are mainly semiconductor solid oxides that are activated under sufficient light energy. Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) as an n-type semiconductor with a direct band of about 2.4 eV is a powerful photocatalyst under visible light [16-18]. It has good chemical stability and its most important feature is the ability to produce photocatalytic heterogeneities with p-type semiconductors such as Cu2O [18]. In this combination (Cu2O/BiVO4), due to the formation of p-n junction heterostructure, the synergistic effect of the electronhole occurs with the injection of electrons from the Cu2O conduction band into the conduction band of BiVO4, resulting in a significantly increased photocatalytic efficiency [19-23]. In recent studies, p–n junction Cu2O/BiVO4 composites photocatalysts have been synthesized by different methods [16-20]. For example, Aguilera-Ruiz et al. [18] synthesized Cu2O/BiVO4 composites with different concentrations of Cu2O by a simple impregnation method under N2 atmosphere and used them for degradation of methyl

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orange solutions under visible. Their results showed that the photocatalytic behavior of the p–n heterojunction Cu2O/BiVO4 composites is better than pure BiVO4 and Cu2O. According to best of our knowledge, this heterostructure has not been synthesized in a single-step method so far. Also, to produce Cu2O, special reducing materials have been used to convert Cu2+ to Cu+ and in many cases it has been necessary to perform the synthesis process under argon or nitrogen gas [23, 24]. So, introducing a singlestep method in ambient conditions (no need for gas) and no need for a reducing agent can be very interesting. According to our studies, the production of Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4 composite by sol-gel method has not yet been reported. Herein, desulfurization of thiophene as a model of oil was followed by copper oxide/bismuth vanadate composite photocatalysts under visible light irradiation. This composite nanophotocatalyst was synthesized by a simple Pechini sol-gel method and the effect of various reaction parameters including type of chelating agent, type of gelling agent, and metals ratio were also investigated. Finally, the ability of synthesized nano-composites for photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization was investigated. Photocatalytic recycling capability and radical species trapping experiments were also evaluated.

2. Experimental 2.1. Materials and physical measurements All reagents utilized in this study including Cu(NO3).6H2O, Bi(NO3)3.5H2O, NH4VO3, ethylenediamine (En), polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG-6000), tannic acid, fumaric acid, benzoyquinone (BQ), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), isopropanol (IPA), dimethylformamide (DMF), n-hexane, thiophene, and ethanol were of analytical grade and used as-received with no further purification. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were recorded by a Philips-X’PertPro, X-ray diffractometer using Ni-filtered

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Cu Kα radiation at scan range of 10<2θ<80. An ESCA-3000 electron spectrometer with nonmonochromatized Mg Ka X-ray as the excitation source was used to study the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of the as obtained products. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images were studied by Philips XL–30ESEM, IGMA/VP. The energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) analysis was obtained by Philips XL30 microscope. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum was recorded on Magna-IR, spectrometer 550 Nicolet with 0.125 cm-1 resolution in KBr pellets in the range of 400-4000 cm-1. The diffused reflectance UV-visible spectrum (DRS) of the product was obtained using the JASCO V-670 spectrophotometer. The Philips Zeiss-EM10C transmission electron microscope with an accelerator voltage of 80 kV was used to prepare TEM images. 2.2. Synthesis of cube-like Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite Preparation of CuO/BiVO4 nanocomposites using the Pechini sol-gel method was performed according to the following steps: First, 0.2 g of Bi(NO3)3.5H2O salt was dissolved in 10 ml of distilled water (to dissolve the bismuth salt a few drops of nitric acid was used) and then 5 ml of aqueous solution of tannic acid with a molar ratio of 1:0.5 to bismuth salt was added to the aqueous solution. Separately, aqueous solution of other salts was prepared with 0.1 g of Cu(NO3)2.6H2O and 0.05 g of NH4VO3 salt with tannic acid. Then, the bismuth solution was added to the vanadium solution while stirring and then added a few drops of ethylenediamine (equal to the total weight of the tannic acids in three compounds). The pH was set at 9. Afterwards, aqueous copper solution was added to the mixture, and the final solution was placed on a heater at 100 °C for 2 h until solvent evaporation and obtaining gel state. The gel was placed in an oven for 4 h at 80 °C. Finally, the powder was calcined at 750 °C for 2 h. The parameters that were changed are presented in Table 1. Desulfurization experiments were performed in accordance with my previous work [25] and the results are presented in Table 2.

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3. Results and discussion 3.1.

XRD studies

The crystalline structures of the products were studied with XRD. XRD patterns of samples 1, 5, and 6 are presented in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 1a, using ethylenediamine as a gelling agent, tannic acid as a chelating agent, and a 1:1:1 ratio for Cu:Bi:V (sample 1), led to production of a mixture of Cu with a cubic structure (JCPDS: 04-0836), Cu2O with a cubic structure (JCPDS: 34-1354), BiVO4 with monoclinic structure (JCPDS: 14-0688), and Bi7VO13 with monoclinic structure (JCPDS: 44-0322). In the absence of copper salt (sample 5), a mixture of BiVO4 with monoclinic structure (JCPDS: 14-0688) and Bi2VO5 with orthorhombic structure (JCPDS: 41-0575) was obtained (Fig. 1b). As shown in Fig. 1c, performing a test in the absence of bismuth (sample 6) resulted in the production of monoclinic Cu2V4O11 (JCPDS: 29-0587). An important and very interesting point of this study is the reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+ and Cu, while the process is carried out at high temperatures without the use of vacuum conditions or argon gas that is commonly used to prevent the oxidation of species [24, 26]. The stable electron state of copper is Cu2+ and Cu, while copper(I) oxide compounds, such as Cu2O, show better efficiency in photocatalytic processes due to the appropriate bandgap and high light absorption [23]. Therefore, in photocatalytic processes, especially under visible light, efforts have been focused on the production of copper compounds. Herein, as the X-ray diffraction results show, the synthesis method is such that copper(I) compounds including Cu2O and Cu2V4O11 are produced. In the absence of copper (example 5), Bi2VO5 is obtained in which the vanadium electron state is V4+. The stable electron state of vanadium is V5+, and thus the oxidation-reduction reaction during synthesis is quite evident and, as a result, reducing Cu2+ to Cu+ in samples 1 and 6 is justifiable. Using the Scherrer equation [27, 29], the mean crystalline size (Dc) of sample 1 was estimated about 50 nm. 5

Dc = Kλ/βcosθ

Scherrer equation

where K is the shape factor, which is usually about 0.94, β is the breadth of the diffraction line at its half intensity maximum and λ is the wavelength of X-ray source applied in XRD. 3.2.

XPS studies

XPS analysis of samples 1 and 5 was performed for careful examination and confirmation of XRD results (Fig. 2). All the XPS spectra were calibrated with carbon 1 s peak located at 285 eV as the reference position. In Fig. 2a, the binding energies at 159.17 and 164.21 eV belong to Bi3+ (Bi4f5/2 and Bi4f7/2), and no other peaks expressing other state of this element (Bi0) are seen [30]. The two peaks at 932.29 and 952.45 eV in Fig. 2b are related to Cu 2p3/2 and Cu 2p5/2, respectively, showing that the copper species present in the composite is Cu and Cu+ and there is no trace of Cu2+ [24]. It is important to note that it is difficult to distinguish Cu from Cu+ due to their very small difference in binding energy [26]. However, the most important point is the reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+ and Cu. The peaks at 516.9 and 524.2 eV indicate that there is only V5+ in the compound, and no other peak states of this element such as V0, V3+, and V4+ are observed (Fig. 2c) [32]. Fig. 2d shows the binding energies of O 1s. The peaks at 529.91 and 530.31 eV refer to the oxygen present in the BiVO4 and Cu2O structures, respectively, and the peak at 530.68 eV can relate to the oxygen adsorbed at the composite surface [24, 30]. The V and O binding energy spectra of the BiVO4/Bi2VO5 structure (sample 5) are shown in Figs. 2e and f, respectively. In Fig. 2e, the peaks at 517.1 and 524.11 eV belong to V 2p3/2 and V 2p1/2 of V5+ and the binding energies located at 514.28 and 522.25 eV prove the presence of V4+, indicating that in sample 5 both V5+ and V4+ are present and thus the BiVO4/Bi2VO5 formation suggested by XRD can be approved [30-32]. The peaks at the binding energies of 529.79 and 531 eV (Fig. 2f) reveal the oxygen present in the structure and the adsorbed oxygen on the compound, respectively. All of these results prove that V4+ is oxidized to V5+ and reduces Cu2+ to Cu+, which is in full agreement with the XRD results. 6

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EDS studies

Fig. 3 refers to the EDS spectra of samples 1, 5 and 6. In accordance with Fig. 3a, sample 1 contains Bi, Cu, V, and O elements and no impurities are observed. The Au peak is concerned with conducting the sample for SEM analysis. In samples 5 and 6 (Figs. 3b and c, respectively) impurities are not also observed. These results are completely consistent with XRD results. 3.4.

FTIR spectrum

Figs. 4a-c show the FT-IR spectra of samples 1, 3, and 6, respectively. In the IR spectrum of sample 1 (Fig. 4a), the three peaks at 717, 808, and 962 cm−1 can be related to V–O asymmetric and symmetric vibrations [23]. Also, the peaks at 548 and ~400 cm-1 confirm presence of Cu–O, and Bi–O bonds [23, 25]. Moreover, the absence of additional peaks indicates that chelating and gelling agents have been well removed from the composite surface. Similar peaks are shown in Fig. 4b, which correspond to sample 3. However, samples 1 and 3 include Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composite. The IR spectrum of the synthesized sample in the absence of bismuth (sample 6) is presented in Fig. 4c and, as expected, the number of peaks (below 1000 cm−1) is lowered due to the lack of Bi–O bond. The presence of peaks at 2345 and 2921 cm−1 indicates that the compounds related to ethylenediamine are not completely removed from the sample surface and the product needs to be washed more carefully. 3.5.

SEM, TEM, and EDS mapping studies

SEM images of samples 1-6 are presented in Figs. 5 and 6. As can be seen, the morphology has changed with changing conditions. In optimal conditions, the use of ethylenediamine as a gelling agent, tannic acid as a chelating agent and a 1:1:1 ratio for Cu:Bi:V (sample 1), Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanoparticles with rectangular cube-like morphology and the size of about 30-100 nm was obtained (Figs. 5a-c). The presence of edges and sharp sections with high surface area in such structures leads to high photocatalytic 7

activity. One-dimensional growth can be attributed to the template created by ethylenediamine. The type of gelling agent, the type of chelating agent, and pH are the most important parameters in the sol-gel method. By changing the gelling agent and using polyethylene glycol instead of ethylenediamine (sample 2), plate-like microstructures were produced (Figs. 5d-f). By changing the chelating agent and using fumaric acid instead of tannic acid (sample 3), morphology was also changed and pseudo-spherical structures were been produced (Figs. 5g-i). Fig. 6 is related to the change in the ratio of elements (samples 4-6). By reducing the amount of Cu to 0.5 mole (sample 4), a mixture of nanorods and quasi-spherical structures were formed (Figs. 6a-c). In the absence of copper salt (sample 5), the product consists of platelike nanostructures such as BiVO4/Bi2VO5 (Figs. 6d-f). In accordance with Figs. 6g-i, performing a test in the absence of bismuth (Sample 6) has led to the production of Cu2V4O11 micro-rods. In order to better investigation of size and morphology of the product, as well as demonstration of the composite formation, TEM images were prepared for samples 1 and 4 and presented in Fig. 7. As shown in Fig. 7, sample 1 is composed of rectangular cubic particles about 50 nm wide and about 100 nm long. Figs. 7b-d relate to images with different magnifications of sample 4. The rectangular and rod-shaped nanostructures with a diameter of about 50 nm and a length of 100–300 nm in Figs. 7b-d are clearly visible and confirm the SEM images. In addition, the dark and light spots in the images are related to the contrast of the chemical composition and prove that the product is a composite. The elemental mapping analysis by EDS demonstrates that all elements (Cu, Bi, V, and O) have a good distribution in the composite (Fig. 8). 3.6.

DRS spectrum

Figs. 9a and b show the absorption and DRS spectra of Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite (sample1) and pure BiVO4. As seen in the DRS spectrum, the Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite has a much stronger absorption than pure BiVO4 in the visible region and has been able to absorb most of the waves due to presence of Cu and Cu2O species. The decrease in the bandgap from 2.45 eV to 1.9 eV 8

also confirms this finding. Therefore, the increase in photocatalytic process efficiency under visible light using Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 is justified and expected. 3.7.

Photocatalytic desulfurization studies

Table 2 and Fig. 10 show the results of the desulfurization of thiophene by the as-prepared nanocomposites. Fig. 10a refers to the oxidative degradation of samples 1-6, and it is clear that the Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composite (samples 1-4) has a higher efficiency than BiVO4 and Cu2V4O11. The highest efficiency (92%) was obtained for Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composite nanoparticles with rectangular cube morphology. The most important reason for increasing the yield can be attributed to the Cu2O and Cu species. According to the DRS spectrum (Fig. 9), these samples have a good light absorption in the visible region. In addition, Cu increases electrical conductivity and simplifies the electron-hole separation [33]. Comparison of the efficiency of samples 1-4, which all are Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composites, show that in addition to Cu2O and Cu species other factors, most notably morphology and particle size, can also affect on photocatalytic efficiency [34]. In photocatalytic processes, efforts are made to synthesize products with a wide surface and this can be achieved by reducing particle size and changing morphology. Sample 1 contains rectangular cubic nanoparticles and has a wider surface than other samples and therefore its higher efficiency is expectable. Fig. 10b relates to the oxidative degradation of sample 1 in various conditions. Without the use of light and in the presence of only catalyst, degradation is negligible. Similar results were obtained by testing with a single catalyst in the absence of light, but in the presence of both a catalyst and light, degradation degree is remarkable indicating that desulfurization results from a catalytic phototoxidation process. Scheme 1 shows the mechanism of the photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization of thiophene by Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4. By performing the photocatalytic .

desulfurization process in the presence of BQ, EDTA, and IPA as holes (h+), superoxide ( O2-), and .

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hydroxyl ( OH) traps, respectively, the efficiency was reduced to 25, 34, and 63%, indicating that O2- and

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h+ are more active species in this process. Examination of the catalyst repeatability up to 5 times showed a slight decrease in efficiency (Fig. 11) and so, the catalyst has good stability.

4. Conclusions In this paper, for the purpose of photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization of thiophene as a model of oil, copper oxide/bismuth vanadate nanocomposites were prepared taking into account different synthetic parameters including the ratio of elements and type of reactants by sol-gel method. The as-synthesized products were characterized by FESEM, TEM, XPS, XRD, FT-IR, DRS, and EDX technique. In optimal conditions, using ethylenediamine, tannic acid and a 1:1:1 ratio for Cu:Bi:V elements and then calcining at 750 °C, Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanoparticles with a rectangular cube morphology and a size of about 50 nm were produced. In this heterostructure, Cu2O dramatically improves efficiency by increasing the amount of light absorption as well as the electron-hole synergistic effect. Metal Cu in this heterostructure increases conductivity and helps to increase efficiency. In addition to the above reasons, the obtaining morphology has a large surface, and these factors resulted in 92% photocatalytic desulfurization efficiency at 150 minutes under visible light, which is a very good achievement.

Acknowledgment This work was supported by the University of Semnan and the author thanks for this assistance.

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Figure captions Fig. 1. XRD patterns of (a) sample 1, (b) sample 5, and (c) sample 6 Fig. 2. High resolution XPS spectra of Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite (sample 1) including (a) Bi 4f, (b) Cu 2p, (c) V 2p, (d) O 1s, and BiVO4/Bi2VO5 (sample 5) including (e) V 2p, and (f) O 1s Fig. 3. EDS spectra of (a) sample 1, (b) sample 5, and (c) sample 6 Fig. 4. FTIR spectra of the as-synthesized product (a) sample 1, (b) sample 3, and (c) sample 6 Fig. 5. SEM images of the as-synthesized nanocomposites at 750 °C for 1 h (a-c) sample 1, (d-f) sample 2, and (g-i) sample 3 Fig. 6. SEM images of the as-synthesized nanocomposites at 750 °C for 1 h (a-c) sample 4, (d-f) sample 5, and (g-i) sample 6 Fig. 7. TEM images of the as-synthesized nanocomposites at 750 °C for 1 h (a) sample 1 and (b-d) sample 4 Fig. 8. EDS mapping spectrum of the as-synthesized Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite (sample 4) Fig. 9. (a) Absorbance and (b) diffuse reflectance spectra of Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite (sample1) and pure BiVO4 Fig. 10. Photocatalytic oxidation of thiophene under visible light irradiation by (a) samples 1-6, and (b) Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 (sample1) under different conditions including: only light, only catalyst, catalyst in the presence of EDTA, BQ, and IPA as the radical trapping species Fig. 11. The photocatalytic desulfurization recyclability of Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 nanocomposite (sample 1) for 5 cycles Scheme 1 Schematic of the mechanism for photocatalytic oxidation of thiophene on Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4

Table 1 Reaction conditions for Cu/Bi/V composites Table 2 Photocatalytic desulfurization efficiency of thiophene by the as-synthesized nanocomposites 16

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Fig. 2

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Fig. 3

20

Fig. 4

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22

Fig. 5

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Fig. 6

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Fig. 7

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Fig. 8

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Fig. 9

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Fig. 10

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Fig. 11

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Scheme 1

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Table 1 Sample

Gelling

Chelating

Cu:Bi:V

Desulfurization Product

No

agent

agent

ratio

Efficiency (%)

1

En

Tannic acid

1:1:1

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13

92

2

PEG

Tannic acid

1:1:1

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13

76

3

En

Fumaric acid

1:1:1

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13

81

4

En

Tannic acid

0.5:1:1

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13

87

5

En

Tannic acid

0:1:1

BiVO4/Bi2VO5

69

6

En

Tannic acid

1:0:1

Cu2V4O11

72

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Table 2 Sample

Sulfur concentration

Desulfurization

No

(ppm)

Efficiency (%)

1

64

92

2

191

76

3

148

81

4

103

87

5

245

69

6

223

72

1 (before irradiation)

800

0

1 (only catalyst)

776

3

1 (only light)

794

0.75

1 + EDTA

631

21

1 + BQ

513

36

1 + IPA

181

77

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Research highlights For the first time, cube-like Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13 composite nanoparticles were synthesized by sol-gel Pechini method. Photocatalytic

oxidation

activity

of

cube-like

Cu/Cu2O/BiVO4/Bi7VO13

nanoparticles

on

desulfurization of thiophene was studied. Desulfurization rate was 92% after 150 min, which is higher than the other reports for Cu2O/BiVO4. .

The trapping experiments of radical active species showed that O2- and h+ are the most active species in the process. The catalyst recyclability has shown that after 5 times no change in efficiency is generated.

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Author’s name Mehdi Mousavi-Kamazani

Affiliation New Technology Faculty, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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