Solar Photocatalysis of TiO<sub>2</sub> Supported Natural Palygorskite Nanofibers Elaborated by a One_Pot Mechanochemical Route — Oak Academic Publishing
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Solar Photocatalysis of TiO<sub>2</sub> Supported Natural Palygorskite Nanofibers Elaborated by a One_Pot Mechanochemical Route
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Marrakech, Morocco
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IMED_Lab, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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PROcédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Rambla de la Thermodynamique, PROMES_CNRS, UPR 8521, Perpignan, France
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CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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PROcédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Rambla de la Thermodynamique, PROMES_CNRS, UPR 8521, Perpignan, France
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Laboratoire de Geoscience et Géoenvironnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech Morocco
1 Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Marrakech, Morocco
2 IMED_Lab, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
3 PROcédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Rambla de la Thermodynamique, PROMES_CNRS, UPR 8521, Perpignan, France
4 CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
5 PROcédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Rambla de la Thermodynamique, PROMES_CNRS, UPR 8521, Perpignan, France
6 Laboratoire de Geoscience et Géoenvironnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech Morocco
This study reports the successful synthesis of supported TiO 2 _Palygorskite nanocomposites by a one-pot dry mechanochemical route. Indeed, the elaboration procedure involved an in-situ reaction between accessories carbonates present in raw fibrous palygorskite clay and titanyl sulfate (TiOSO 4 ) precursor under variable grinding conditions, essentially ball/solid matter mass ratio and rotation velocity. This yielded after air annealing at 600 % C for 1 h to the immobilization of anatase TiO 2 nanoparticles ( ≈ 8 nm of average size) as evidenced by XRD and TEM analyses. Once the conditions of elaboration were optimized, the photocatalytic properties were evaluated under 3 conditions: artificial UV radiation, artificial solar radiation (UV + visible range) and under dynamic solar illumination taking into account the discontinuities of the solar resource. The results allowed the estimation and comparison of the catalyst’s capabilities and showed its ability to work under natural irradiation. The so developed supported photocatalysts TiO 2 /Palygorskite exhibited a good activity towards the removal of Orange G (OG) dye from aqueous media under artificial UV and natural solar radiations.
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