Effective degradation of methylene blue in aqueous solution using Pd-supported Cu-doped Ti-pillared montmorillonite catalyst

The effluents from the textile, paper and food industries contain organic dyes that are strongly colored and reveal harmful effect on living systems. In order to reduce water pollution, the degradation of dye into non toxic form is desirable. Methylene blue is one such organic dye, discharged from t...

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Autores: Joseph, Annu, Vellayan, Kannan, González, Beatriz, Vicente, Miguel Ángel, Gil Bravo, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/33209
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/33209
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Doped pillared clay minerals
Pd-montmorillonite supported catalyst
Reductive degradation of dyes
Titania pillared clay minerals
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Sumario:The effluents from the textile, paper and food industries contain organic dyes that are strongly colored and reveal harmful effect on living systems. In order to reduce water pollution, the degradation of dye into non toxic form is desirable. Methylene blue is one such organic dye, discharged from textile industries. In this work, the catalytic degradation of methylene blue was investigated using a montmorillonite supported trimetallic catalyst, prepared by supporting Pd on a Cu-doped Ti pillared montmorillonite. The catalyst exhibited excellent performance to reduce methylene blue, in the presence of NaBH4. The decolorization was appreciable and the results indicated that methylene blue could be successfully decolorized and degraded using the catalyst under room conditions. Almost complete degradation was achieved within 20 min. The results obtained were better than those reported for other catalysts. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.