Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 818-825.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2016.05.020

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Preparation of Floriform BiOBr and Its Photocatalytic Characteristics in Degrading Wastewater Substrate

YANG Jia-tian, WEI Qing-min, XIE Qiu-ji, YAN Quan, LI Zhong-liang, CHEN Yuan   

  1. College of Chemistry and Food Science/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Farm Products Processing(Cultivation Base)/Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory for Efficient Use of Agricultural Resources in the Southeast of Guangxi, Yulin Normal University, Yulin 537000, China
  • Received:2015-10-06 Online:2016-09-25 Published:2016-10-08

Abstract:

With Bi(NO3)3·5H2O as bismuth source and KBr as bromine source, floriform photocatalyst of BiOBr was synthesized using the hydrothermal method to adjust pH of precursor solutions and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectrometer(FTIR) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis). Meanwhile, the floriform photocatalyst was tested in photodegrading sugarcane molasses alcohol wastewater for effects of dosage of BiOBr, pH of the wastewater, aeration rate, dosage of KBrO3 and intensity of illumination on decoloration rate of the wastewater. Results show that the hydrothermal products were all BiOBrs of the tetragonal crystal system with a band gap energy being 2.57-2.65 eV. The floriform BiOBr is capable of degrading effectively organic pollutants in sugarcane molasses alcohol wastewater, with a high decoloration rate. To treat 1∶30-diluted sugarcane molasses alcohol wastewater, the optimum running conditions were set as pH 0.11, BiOBr 3.0 g·L-1, KBrO3 3.0 g·L-1, aeration rate 120 L·h-1(medium in rate), 180 min illumination under a 400 W metal halide lamp, 9 cm above the surface of the solution. In this case, the decoloration rate of the wastewater was 98.5% and the CODCr removal rate reached 51.8%. The photocatalysis process fits the first-order kinetic reaction.

Key words: sugarcane molasses alcohol wastewater, BiOBr, photodegradation, decoloration rate, CODCr removal rate

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