Treatment of Coliphage MS2 with Palladium-Modified Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxide Photocatalyst Illuminated by Visible Light
- 2 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Environmental Science & Technology
- Vol. 42 (16), 6148-6153
- https://doi.org/10.1021/es7026086
Abstract
A palladium-modified nitrogen-doped titanium oxide (TiON/PdO) photocatalytic fiber was synthesized on a mesoporous activated carbon fiber template by a sol−gel process. Calcination of the coated fibers resulted in a macroporous interfiber structure and mesoporous photocatalyst coating. Atomic ratios of major photocatalyst constituents determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses were N/Ti ≈ 0.1 and Pd/Ti ≈ 0.03. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that the photocatalyst had an anatase structure and palladium additive was present as PdO. Triplicate batch experiments performed with MS2 phage (average initial concentration of 3 × 108 plaque forming units/mL) and TiON/PdO photocatalyst at a dose of 0.1 g/L under dark conditions revealed the occurrence of virus adsorption on the photocatalyst fibers at a rate that resulted in equilibrium within 1 h of contact time with corresponding virion removals of 95.4−96.7%. Subsequent illumination of the dark-equilibrated samples with visible light (wavelengths greater than 400 nm and average intensity of 40 mW/cm2) resulted in additional virus removal of 94.5−98.2% within 1 h of additional contact time. By combining adsorption and visible-light photocatalysis, TiON/PdO fibers reached final virus removal rates of 99.75−99.94%. Spin trapping electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements confirmed the production of •OH radicals by TiON/PdO under visible light illumination, which provided indirect evidence about MS2 phage being potentially inactivated.Keywords
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