Layered double hydroxides decorated with Au-Pd nanoparticles to photodegradate Orange II from water

Liji Seleenmary Sobhanadhas, Mohamed Sarakha, Vanessa Prevot, Pedro Fardim

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    Abstract

    MgZnAl-Cl layered double hydroxides were prepared by co-precipitation method and further used as support to immobilize gold-palladium (Au-Pd) bimetallic nanoparticles by colloidal sol immobilization method. These materials were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, N2 adsorption desorption, TGA to verify the structure and stability of the heterostructure. The pristine LDH and Au-Pd@LDH were investigated for an environmental purpose, where photocatalytic degradation of orange II (OII) dye was studied as model reaction. The performance of support and catalyst were determined by evaluating both degradation and adsorption phenomenon. Influence of parameters such as catalyst loading and Orange II concentration were evaluated. The current study holds importance in water treatment and similar environmental protection applications.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)120–127
    JournalApplied Clay Science
    Volume134, Part 2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Layered double hydroxides
    • Sol-immobilization
    • Bimetallic nanoparticles
    • Supported metal catalyst
    • Photodegradation

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