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Effect of UV wavelength on humic acid degradation and disinfection by-product formation during the UV/chlorine process
摘要： The efficiency of the ultraviolet (UV)/chlorine process strongly depends on UV wavelength because chlorine photolysis and its subsequent radical formation are highly wavelength-dependent. This study compared the degradation of humic acid (HA) during the UV/chlorine process by low pressure mercury lamp (LPUV, 254 nm) and ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED, 275 and 310 nm). The results indicated that HA degradation followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the fluence-based degradation rate constants (kobs) were significantly affected by UV wavelength and solution pH. HA degradation decreased greatly with increasing solution pH during the UV/chlorine process at 254 nm, while the opposite trend was observed at 275 and 310 nm. In the meantime, kobs decreased in the order of 275 nm > 254 nm > 310 nm at pH > 7.0. The changes of chlorine molar absorption coefficients at different UV wavelengths resulted in the variation of chlorine photodecay rates (kobs, chlorine), and the synergistic effects of kobs, chlorine and chlorine quantum yields (Φchlorine) affected HA reduction. The formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) during the UV/chlorine process was also evaluated. A significant suppression on DBP formation and DBP-associated calculated theoretical cytotoxicity were observed at 275 nm high UV fluence and alkaline pHs. These findings in this study demonstrate that UV wavelength at 275 nm is more suitable for HA degradation by the UV/chlorine advanced oxidation process in practical applications.
关键词： Disinfection by-products,Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED),UV/chlorine,Humic acid,Toxicity,UV wavelength
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Synergistic effects and kinetics of rGO-modified TiO2 nanocomposite on adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of humic acid
摘要： Graphene oxide was prepared using the modified Hummers method and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) - titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocomposite was synthesised using the one-step hydrothermal treatment. The synergistic effects on adsorption and photocatalytic properties of the rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite for the humic acid removal were systematically investigated. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman and infrared (IR) spectroscopy indicate that GO was partially reduced to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in the hydrothermal synthesis process and anatase TiO2 nanoparticles uniformly grew on the surface of rGO. The photoelectron and photohole generated under visible light irradiation were effectively separated on the surface of rGO-TiO2. The rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite exhibited higher photocatalytic activity as a result of the synergistic effects of surface functional groups for adsorption and the excellent conductivity for photocatalytic reaction. The effect of rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite dosage, light intensity and system temperature on the removal of humic acid solution was investigated. The results show that the removal efficiency of humic acid increased with system temperature and light intensity. When the dosage of rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite was 1.2 g/L, the temperature, the light intensity and the pH of this system was 303 K, 4.37 Wm?2 and 7, respectively, the removal efficiency of humic acid reached 88.7% under visible light irradiation.
关键词： Synergistic effects,rGO,Humic acid,TiO2,Adsorption and photocatalysis
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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One pot green synthesis of C-dots from groundnuts and its application as Cr(VI) sensor and in vitro bioimaging agent
摘要： The emergence of ?uorescent carbon dots (C-dots) has received special attention due to their distinct characteristics which are advantageous for optical sensing and bioimaging applications. Cr(VI) is considered a hazardous environmental pollutant hence requires a simple and e?ective method for its detection and recovery. Herein, we have synthesized both C-dots and N-doped C-dots from ground nuts employing a cost-e?ective and green hydrothermal method. N-C-dots exhibits a remarkably enhanced quantum yield (17.6%) as compared to undoped C-dots (7.8%). In addition,the N-C-dots showed amazing selectivity towards Cr(VI) in the metal sensing application. Cr (VI) induced quenching of ?uorescence was recovered using Humic acid as well as Glutathione thus exhibiting an o?-on type sensing mechanism. The limit of detection (LOD) for Cr(VI) using N-C-dots was found to be 0.1 mg/L. C-dots possess comparatively low cytotoxicity than N-C-dots at higher concentration thereby making them an e?cient candidate for bioimaging of MCF-7 cells.
关键词： Bioimaging,Carbon dots(C-dots),Cr(VI) sensing,Groundnut,Glutathione,Humic acid
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Removal of humic acid from <b>aqueous solutions</b> using ultraviolet irradiation coupled with hydrogen peroxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles
摘要： In this study, individual performance of ultraviolet irradiation (UV), zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) processes, as well as a performance of combined processes of UV/H2O2 and UV/H2O2/ZnO, were assessed for the removal of humic acid (HA) from aqueous solutions. Various process-related factors, such as the concentration of ZnO (0.2 and 0.5 g/L), the concentration of H2O2 (20, 30 and 50 mg/L), UV = 125 W, pH (4, 7 and 10), initial HA concentrations (at wavelength of 254 nm) of 2, 5, 7 and 10 mg/L, and three types of interferences (nitrate, sulphate and chloride) were studied and optimised. The results showed that removal e?ciency decreased by increasing the concentration of HA and pH values in all processes, but it increased by increasing the time of exposure and the concentration of H2O2. In the combined process of UV/ZnO/H2O2, the nanoparticle concentration of 0.2 g/L yielded the highest e?ciency, whereas in the other processes, the highest e?ciency was observed at nanoparticle concentration of 0.5 g/L. Based on these results, under the optimum conditions (HA = 2 mg/L, H2O2 = 50 mg/L, ZnO = 0.2 g/L, pH = 4.0 and contact time of 15 min), UV/ZnO/H2O2 process was found as the most e?cient combination in removing of HA with an e?ciency of 99.99%. Furthermore, the modelling results indicated that the adsorption reaction of HA onto ZnO nanoparticles was very well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 > 0.99).
关键词： hydrogen peroxide,Ultraviolet irradiation,zinc oxide nanoparticles,humic acid
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57