Saber
versão impressa ISSN 1315-0162
Resumo
RIVAS, Carlos F; NUNEZ, Oswaldo e VARGAS, Ronald. Oxidation of p-nitrophenol using Tio2-adenosin monophosphate. Saber [online]. 2014, vol.26, n.4, pp.458-464. ISSN 1315-0162.
The surface of TiO2 was modified with the nucleotides adenosine 3-monophosphate (AMP3) and Adenosine 5-monophosphate (AMP5). The adsorption of nucleotides was adjusted to Langmuir´s adsorption model, determining that the optimal condition for TiO2 modification was at neutral pH. UV-Visible Diffuse Reflectance and IR Attenuated Total Reflectance spectra show that the chemisorption of nucleotides take placed on TiO2 anatase. The new catalysts (TiO2-nucleotide) improved the photodegradation of p-nitrophenol in a wide range of pH as compared with the titanium dioxide precursor. Most photoactivity was generated by using the new photocatalytic in the degradation of p-nitrophenol at pH = 6, obtaining high values for the pseudo first order kinetic constant (0.0254 min-1 and 0.0244 min-1 for TiO2-AMP3 and TiO2-AMP5, respectively). For all pH, the trend obtained for the photodegradation was: TiO2-AMP´3 TiO2-AMP5 > TiO2. Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics shows that the contribution of the surface reaction rate governs the oxidation of the contaminant.
Palavras-chave : TiO2 anatase; photodegradation; p-nitrophenol; nucleotide.