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Highly efficient photo-degradation of cetirizine antihistamine with TiO2-SiO2 photocatalyst under ultraviolet irradiation

  • Sonam Rani , Alok Garg ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Neetu Singh ORCID logo
Published/Copyright: September 15, 2021
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 20 Issue 2

Abstract

Photocatalysis is an extraordinary and vastly researched topic; there is a need to find new ways to support producing composite materials that are cost-effective, efficient and have a low environmental impact. The investigation was undertaken on syn TiO2 by depositing it on silica. The results elucidate the positive effect on photocatalysis activity and the macroscopic structure on which the TiO2 is formed. For the analysis of photocatalyst, various characterisation measurements were undertaken, such as XRD, FTIR, DRS, FESEM, TEM, RS, and BET. The accumulated TiO2 onto the surface of SiO2 stabilised its transformation of the phase from anatase to rutile, resulting in decreased particle size and enhancing its photocatalytic activity under UV irradiation. The concentration of OH• radicals was determined using terephthalic acid as a probe molecule to determine its role in the photocatalytic degradation of antihistamine. The results of BET analysis showed that the syn TiO2-SiO2 sample has a large specific surface area of 192.6 m2 g−1. Maximum degradation of cetirizine (about 97%) was achieved with 80% TiO2-20% SiO2 (TS-4). Recyclability test confirmed that 80% TiO2-20% SiO2 sample was stable up to six cycles.

Keywords: cetirizine; characterisation; photocatalysis; recyclability test; TiO2-SiO2
Corresponding author: Dr Alok Garg, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur 177005, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgement

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala is gratefully acknowledged for providing facilities to carry out this work.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Supplementary Material

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2021-0136).

Received: 2021-05-19
Accepted: 2021-08-25
Published Online: 2021-09-15

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Keywords for this article
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