A reusable chitosan/TiO2@g-C3N4 nanocomposite membrane for photocatalytic removal of multiple toxic water pollutants under visible light

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Abstract

Photocatalysis has been proved to be a promising approach in wastewater purification. However, it is hard to recycle powdery photocatalysts from wastewater in industry, but immobilizing them using larger materials can overcome this drawback. For that reason, TiO2@g-C3N4 was embedded into chitosan to synthesize a highly reusable and visible-light-driven chitosan/TiO2@g-C3N4 nanocomposite membrane (CTGM). CTGM showed enhanced photoactivity and the photocatalytic efficiencies of the toxic water pollutants methyl orange (M.O.), rhodamine B (Rh.B), chromium (VI) (Cr (VI)), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and atrazine (ATZ) were more than 90% under visible light at ambient conditions. Significantly, CTGM was easy to recycle and showed excellent reusability: there was no decrease in the photocatalytic decolorization efficiency of Rh.B throughout 10 cycles. A continuous-flow photocatalysis system was set up and 90% of Rh.B was effectively decolorized. A simple approach was developed to prepare a novel, effective and visible-light-driven membrane that was easy to reuse, and a feasible photocatalysis continuous-flow system was designed to be a reference for wastewater treatment in industry.

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Xu, S., Xiao, G., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., & Su, H. (2021). A reusable chitosan/TiO2@g-C3N4 nanocomposite membrane for photocatalytic removal of multiple toxic water pollutants under visible light. Water Science and Technology, 83(12), 3063–3074. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2021.188

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