PETROLEUM PROCESSING AND PETROCHEMICALS ›› 2023, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (4): 114-124.

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ADSORPTION-COUPLED PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF ALKANE VOCs BY TCN-TiO2/Zn(CH3COO)2-ACF COMPOSITES

  

  • Received:2022-07-25 Revised:2022-12-01 Online:2023-04-12 Published:2023-04-27

Abstract: The tubular carbon nitride (TCN) was prepared by hydrothermal lateral thermal stripping method, the ACF was successfully modified with Zn(CH3COO)2 by ultrasonic-vacuum impregnation method, TCN-TiO2/Zn(CH3COO)2-ACF composites were prepared by loading TiO2 onto modified ACF. The composites were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, BET, XPS, FT-IR, UV-vis, PL, and I-T photocurrent response, and the degradation mechanism and degradation efficiency of n-hexane were studied. The results showed that the degradation effect of n-hexane was best when the mass fraction of TCN was 4% under light conditions, and the optimum preparation conditions were calcination at 450 ℃after loading twice. Under these conditions, the degradation rate of n-hexane gas with concentration of 200 mg/m3 at a space velocity of 1 000 h-1 could reach 87.9%.When ACF was modified by Zn(CH3COO)2, the adsorption capacity of ACF was enhanced, the heterojunction of TCN and TiO2 was formed, and the recombination rate of electron-hole was reduced.Thus, the adsorption-coupling photocatalytic efficiency of the composite photocatalyst could be improved.

Key words: TCN, TiO2, Zn(CH3COO)2, modified, ACF, adsorption coupled photocatalysis, n-hexane