Preparation of Fe-doped mixed crystal TiO2 catalyst and investigation of its sonocatalytic activity during degradation of azo fuchsine under ultrasonic irradiation.

In this work, Fe-doped mixed crystal TiO2 powder as sonocatalyst was prepared by the sol-gel method and heat treatment, and a novel method combined with ultrasonic irradiation was propounded to degrade the organic polluted water. First, the Fe-doped mixed crystal TiO2 powder was characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, and TEM techniques. Ultrasound was used as the irradiation source and the azo fuchsine was chose as the model compound. Then a series of degradation experiments was carried out in the presence of Fe-doped mixed crystal TiO2 powder. Also, the degradation process and some influencing factors, such as irradiation time, doping Fe3+ ion content, added amount of catalyst, and initial concentration of azo fuchsine solution, on the degradation were investigated by UV-vis spectra, ion chromatography, and HPLC. Through the degradation of azo fuchsine, it was found that the combination of ultrasonic irradiation and Fe-doped mixed crystal TiO2 powder can completely degrade the azo fuchsine in aqueous solution. Because of the good degradation efficiency, this method may be an advisable choice for the treatments of non- or low-transparent wastewaters in the future.

Treatment of nano-sized rutile phase TiO2 powder under ultrasonic irradiation in hydrogen peroxide solution and investigation of its sonocatalytic activity.

The treated mixed-crystal TiO(2) powder with high sonocatalytic activity was obtained through utilizing ultrasonic irradiation in hydrogen peroxide solution. At the same time, some influencing factors (including heat-treated temperature and heat-treated time) on the sonocatalytic activity of treated mixed-crystal TiO(2) powder were also considered through the degradation of methylene blue in aqueous solution. In this work, it was found that the sonocatalytic degradation ratio of methylene blue in the presence of treated mixed-crystal TiO(2) powder was much higher than ones in the presence of nano-sized rutile phase TiO(2) powder and with onefold ultrasonic irradiation. At last, the methylene blue in aqueous solution was completely degraded and became some simple inorganic anions such as NO(3)(-), SO(4)(2-) and Cl(-). All experiments indicated that the sonocatalytic method adopting treated mixed-crystal TiO(2) powder as sonocatalyst was an advisable choice for the treatments of non- or low-transparent wastewaters in future.

Investigation on the transition crystal of ordinary rutile TiO2 powder by microwave irradiation in hydrogen peroxide solution and its sonocatalytic activity.

The transition crystal TiO(2) catalyst with high sonocatalytic activity was obtained utilizing the microwave irradiation in hydrogen peroxide solution. At the same time a series of affecting factors (microwave irradiation time, heat-treated time and heat-treated temperature) to prepare the TiO(2) catalyst on the sonocatalytic degradation of parathion were considered in this paper. The ultrasound of low power was used as an irradiation source to induce treated TiO(2) particles to perform catalytic activity. The results show that the sonocatalytic activity of the transition crystal TiO(2) powder is obviously higher than those of pure ordinary rutile and anatase TiO(2) powders. At last, the parathion in aqueous solution was degraded completely and became some simple inorganic ions such as NO(3)(-), PO(4)(3-), SO(4)(2-), etc. The degradation ratio of parathion in the presence of the transition crystal TiO(2) catalyst attains nearly 80% within 60 min ultrasonic irradiation, while corresponding ones are only 65.23% and 53.88%, respectively, for pure ordinary rutile and anatase TiO(2) powders.