mesoporous tio2 has been prepared using a nonionic block copolymer (pluronic p-123) as structure-directing agent with sol-gel method. characterization of the product was carried out by means of x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem), thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry (tg-dsc), nitrogen sorption isotherms, and uv-vis absorption spectroscopy. these analyses s...

the resource intensive human activities (such as mining and extraction of mineral oils for betterment of life and modernization of society) have increased environmental pollution several folds. products of mining and petrochemical industries are advantageous for the modern society. but waste generated such as btex from such industries are carcinogenic, toxic and causes adverse effects on enviro...

the photocatalytic process using semiconductors with a nanostructure is one of the technologies usedfor the destructive oxidation of organic compounds such as surfactants. in this paper, thephotocatalytic degradation of cetyl pyridinium chloride (cpc), was investigated in aqueous phaseusing various semiconductors such as titanium dioxide (ti02), zinc oxide (zno), stannic oxide(sn02). the degrad...

in this paper, the photochemical degradation of azure-b by cu2+/s2o82− process has beenpresented. cu2+ as photocatalyst and s2o82− ion as photooxidant used in this process. atextremely low concentrations, cupric ion showed true catalytic activity in the overall process.the influence of various parameters on the performance of the treatment process has beenconsidered, such as ph, concentration o...

Mesoporous TiO2 has been prepared using a nonionic block copolymer (Pluronic P-123) as structure-directing agent with sol-gel method. Characterization of the product was carried out by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC), Nitrogen sorption isotherms, and UV-vis absorpti...