Photodegradation of spent wash, a sugar industry waste, using vanadium-doped TiO₂ nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Waste from the sugar cane industry and alcohol distilleries is one of the sources of water pollution, and the degradation of this effluent is a very challenging task. Photocatalytic degradation can be an attractive alternative to conventional degradation processes. A vanadium-doped TiO₂ (V-TiO₂) photocatalyst for the degradation of spent wash and industrial dyes has been studied and reported here. V-doped TiO₂ nanoparticles were prepared using a sol-gel method based on aqueous titanium peroxide with titanium isopropoxide as the Ti precursor and V₂O₅ as the V precursor. In order to observe the effect of the dopant on sol-gel behaviour, physicochemical and structural properties, the concentration of V was varied between 1.0% and 5% by we

SUBMITTER: Takle SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080815 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature