Tratamento fotocatalítico de poluentes aquosos utilizando CdS ancorado em biofiltros

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Cristiane da Cunha
• Orientador(a): Gimenez, Iara de Fátima
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais
• Palavras-chave em Português: Sulfeto de cádmio; Diatomita; Fotocatálise; Inovações tecnológicas; Cromo; Azul de metileno; Ciprofloxacina
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Cadmium sulfide; Diatomite; Photocatalysis; Methylene blue; Chromium; Ciprofloxacin
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA DE MATERIAIS E METALURGICA
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/7650

The release of various organic and inorganic pollutants into the environment has been considered a major global problem since it has effects on human health and other forms of life. Among the various methods for treating this problem, heterogeneous photocatalysis using semiconductor nanoparticles has been considered one of the most promising. In this work, nanoparticles of cadmium sulfide anchored onto different diatomite species were synthesized using a fast and simple method. Through the UV/visible spectra, variations in the absorption maxima and spectral shifts to hight wavelengthts were observed with the increase of the reaction time, whereas the XRD data showed the formation of the hexagonal phase for the nanoparticles of cadmium sulfide, while the morphological analyzes showed nanoparticles with an approximately spherical shape. Also, the degradation of the methylene blue dye, ciprofloxacin and the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) ion reduction were studied via photocatalysis. For the dye degradation tests, studies were carried out under UVA and solar irradiation. It was observed that the photocatalysis process was more effective during irradiation with sunlight. For the photocatalytic tests with chromium and ciprofloxacin, it was noticed that the photocatalysis is much more efficient when compared to the adsorption and photolysis processes, showing a reduction rate around 86% for Cr(VI) to Cr(III), after 210 min of solar irradiation, and a pseudo-first order kinetics, whereas the degradation of ciprofloxacin reached approximately 90% after 180 min of exposure with a secondorder kinetic model.