Title of article :
Catalytic Study on TiO2 Photocatalyst Synthesised Via Microemulsion Method on Atrazine
Author/Authors :
RUSLIMIE, C. A. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu - Faculty of Science and Technology - Department of Chemical Sciences, Malaysia , RAZALI, HASMIZAM Universiti Malaysia Terengganu - Faculty of Science and Technology - Department of Chemical Sciences, Malaysia , KHAIRUL, WAN M. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu - Faculty of Science and Technology - Department of Chemical Sciences, Malaysia
Abstract :
Titanium dioxide photocatalyst was synthesised by microemulsions method under controlled hydrolysis of titanium butoxide, Ti(O(CH2)3)CH3. The synthesised TiO2 photocatalyst was compared with Sigma-commercial TiO2 by carrying out the investigation on its properties using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The photocatalytic activities for both photocatalysts were studied for atrazine photodegradation.
Keywords :
Atrazine , microemulsions , photodegradation , TiO2
