Mesa, Julie J. Murcia , Arias Bolivar, Lizeth G. , Rojas Sarmiento, Hugo Alfonso , Avila Martinez, Elsa Giovanna , Jaramillo Paez, Cesar , LARA ANGULO, MAYRA ANABEL, Navio, Jose Antonio , Hidalgo-Lopez, Maria del Carmen
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Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
Article
Científica
2
2
3.056
0.788
01/02/2019
000458990300003
In this study, the treatment of wastewater coming from a river highly polluted with domestic and industrial effluents was evaluated. For this purpose, series of photocatalysts obtained by ZnO and TiO2 modification were evaluated. The effect of metal addition and Ti precursor (in the case of the titania series) over the physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of the materials obtained was also analyzed. The evaluation of the photocatalytic activity showed that semiconductor modification and precursor used in the materials synthesis are important factors influencing the physicochemical and therefore the photocatalytic properties of the materials obtained. The water samples analyzed in the present work were taken from a highly polluted river, and it was found that the effectiveness of the photocatalytic treatment increases when the reaction time increases and for both, wastewater samples and isolated Escherichia coli strain follow the next order Pt/TiO2 << ZnO. It was also observed that biochemical and chemical demand oxygen and turbidity significantly decrease after treatment, thus indicating that photocatalysis is a non-selective technology, which can lead to recover wastewater containing different pollutants.
Wastewater; Treatment; Photocatalysis; Ag/ZnO; Pt/TiO2