Heterogeneous photo-decolourization of cobaltous phthalocyaninate dye (Reactive green dye) catalyzed by ZnO

Abstract

This study focused on the photocatalytic decolourization of cobaltous phthalocyaninate dye (PcCo) from ZnO suspension solution under artificial UV-A light. The results showed that the photo-decolourization process of this dye process was obeyed to pseudo-first order kinetics. Moreover, the optimization results explained that the maximum value of decolourization efficiency of this dye was achieved at the conditions: initial dye concentration 25 mg/L and the initial pH of dye aqueous solution is equal to 11.01. Arrhenius plot obtained at temperatures ranged (287.15-303.15) K, which is equal to 28.995 kJ mol-1. The thermodynamic parameters were calculated also and determined that the photoreaction is endothermic and non-spontaneous.