Using Biosynthesis of TiO2 for the Photocatalytic Removal of Lead (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions in a Batch System Utilising Advanced Oxidation Processes
摘要
This study aimed to assess the photocatalytic processes for removing lead (Pb2+) in a batch system utilising grape leaves titanium dioxide nanoparticles (GL-TiO2 NPs) with an average size of ~44 nm and a specific surface area of 50.4 m2/g, produced through a green synthesis method. The results indicated that increasing the TiO2 dosage and H2O2 concentration enhanced lead removal efficiency. The optimal lead removal of 94.35% was achieved with a TiO2 dosage of 200 mg/L at a pH of 7. The adsorption of Pb2+ ions onto the synthesised TiO2 NPs extracted from grape leaves conformed to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm (R2 = 0.948). This favourable correlation indicates that the adsorption process matches effectively with the assumptions of the Langmuir isotherm, which posits that there is monolayer adsorption on a surface with a limited number of identical sites, allowing Pb(II) to adsorb up to 35.66 mg/g of metal. Furthermore, the pseudo-first-order kinetics model showed R2 values exceeding 88% for GL-TiO2, confirming that chemisorption is the dominant process.