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Previous research showed that nano-TiO2 could significantly promote photosynthesis and greatly improve growth of spinach, but we also speculated that an increase of spinach growth by nano-TiO2 treatment might be closely related to the change of nitrogen metabolism. The effects of nanoanatase TiO2 on the nitrogen metabolism of growing spinach were studied by treating them with nano-anatase TiO2. The results showed that nano-anatase TiO2 treatment could obviously increase the activities of nitrate reductase, glutamate dehydrogenase, glutamine synthase, and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase during the growing stage. Nano-anatase TiO2 treatment could also promote spinach to absorb nitrate, accelerate inorganic nitrogen (such as NO3--N and NH4+-N) to be translated into organic nitrogen (such as protein and chlorophyll), and enhance the fresh weight and dry weights.
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PMID:Influences of nano-anatase TiO2 on the nitrogen metabolism of growing spinach. 1675 45

Reduction of Cr(VI) in aqueous solution were studied by the UV/TiO2 photo-reduction process. The results show that the photo-reduction of Cr(VI) ion by UV/TiQ2 agrees with Langmuir-Hinshelwood equation well. In absence of organic matters, absorption of TiO2 is the key step for this process, and optimal condition is pH = 1.5-2.5. The initial reduction rate correlate with pH value within pH = 1.5-10. The ability to competitively absorb to the surface of TiO2 can be ordered by PO4(3-) > SO4(2-) > Cl- > NO3-. Photoreduction rate and efficiency can be enhanced greatly with synergia of formaldehyde or formic acid, meanwhile synergia eliminate the effect of absorption. But synergic effects were reduced with phosphate.
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PMID:[Effects of absorption on photo-reduction of Cr (VI) by UV/TiO2 process and its elimination]. 1685 Aug 32

Nanocrystalline TiO2 films, surface modified with Al3+, were manufactured by depositing a TiO2 suspension containing small amounts of aluminum nitrate or aluminum chloride onto conducting glass substrates, followed by drying, compression, and finally heating to 530 degrees C. Electrodes prepared with TiO2 nanoparticles coated with less than 0.3 wt % aluminum oxide with respect to TiO2 improved the efficiency of the dye sensitized solar cell. This amount corresponds to less than a monolayer of aluminum oxide. Thus, the Al ions terminate the TiO2 surface rather than form a distinct aluminum oxide layer. The aluminum ion surface treatment affects the solar cell in different ways: the potential of the conduction band is shifted, the electron lifetime is increased, and the electron transport is slower when aluminum ions are present between interconnected TiO2 particles.
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PMID:Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanocrystalline TiO2 films surface treated with Al3+ ions: photovoltage and electron transport studies. 1685 80

Boron doped CeO2/TiO2 mixed oxides photocatalysts were prepared by adding boric acid and cerous nitrate during the hydrolyzation of titanium trichloride and tetrabutyl titanate. XRD, UV-Vis DRS and XPS techniques were used to characterize the crystalline structure, light absorbing ability and the chemical state of Boron element in the photocatalyst sample. The photocatalytic activities were evaluated by monitoring the degradation of acid red B under UV irradiation. These results indicate that the wavelengths at adsorbing edge are affected by the content of cerous nitrate and the maximum absorption wavelength is about 481 nm when the mole ratio of Ce/Ti is 1.0. For higher dosage of Cerium, the absorbance edge shifts to blue slightly. The prepared photocatalyst is composed of anatase TiO2 and cubic CeO2 when calcined at 500 degrees C. An increase in the calcination temperature transforms the crystalline structure of the titanium oxides from anatase to rutile, and has no obvious influence on crystalline structure of CeO2 but crystallites growth up. The absorbance edge decreases drastically with the increase of calcination temperature. With a view to the stability of photocatalyst and utilization of sun energy, 500 degrees C of calcination temperature is recommended. The XP spectrum for B1s exhibits that only a few boron ions dope into titania and ceria matrix, others exist in B2O3. The photocatalytic activity increases with increase of cerous nitrate dosage, and decreases drastically due to higher dosage (the mol ratio of Ce/Ti > 0.5). After 10 min UV irradiation, 96% of acid red B is degraded completely over photocatalyst under optimum reaction condition.
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PMID:[Preparation and photocatalytic activity of boron doped CeO2/TiO2 mixed oxides]. 1688 3

New anatase-type titania solid solutions co-doped with niobium and aluminum (Til-2xNbxAIlxO2 (X = 0 -0.20)) were synthesized as nanoparticles from precursor solutions of TiOSO4, NbCl5, and Al(NO3)3 under mild hydrothermal conditions at 180 degrees C for 5 h using the hydrolysis of urea. The lattice parameters a0 and c0 of anatase slightly and gradually increased, when the content of niobium and aluminum increased from X = 0 to 0.20. The crystallite size of anatase increased from 12 to 28 nm with increasing the value of X from 0 to 0.20. Their photocatalytic activity and adsorptivity were evaluated separately by the measurement of the concentration of methylene blue (MB) remained in the solution in the dark or under UV-light irradiation. The adsorptivity of TiO2 was improved by the formation of anatase-type Til-2xNbxAlxO2 solid solutions. The photocatalytic activity of anatase-type Til-2xNbxAlxO2 solid solutions was superior to that of commercially available anatase-type pure TiO2 (ST-01) and anatase-type pure TiO2 hydrothermally prepared. The new anatase phase of Til-2xNbxAlxO2 (X = 0-0.20) solid solutions existed stably up to 850 0C during heat treatment in air. In comparison with hydrothermal pure TiO2, the starting temperature of anatase-to-rutile phase transformation was delayed by the formation of Ti1-2xNbxAlxO, (X = 0-0.20) solid solutions, although its completing temperature was accelerated.
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PMID:New anatase-type Til-2xNbxAlxO2 solid solution nanoparticles: direct formation, phase stability, and photocatalytic performance. 1725 36

This work investigated the treatability of real textile effluents using several systems involving advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) such as UV/H2O2, UV/TiO2, UV/TiO2/H2O2, and UV/Fe2+/H2O2. The efficiency of each technique was evaluated according to the reduction levels observed in the UV absorbance of the effluents, COD, and organic nitrogen reduction, as well as mineralization as indicated by the formation of ammonium, nitrate, and sulfate ions. The results indicate the association of TiO2 and H2O2 as the most efficient treatment for removing organic pollutants from textile effluents. In spite of their efficiency, Fenton reactions based treatment proved to be slower and exhibited more complicated kinetics than the ones using TiO2, which are pseudo-first-order reactions. Decolorization was fast and effective in all the experiments despite the fact that only H2O2 was used.
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PMID:Comparative study of the degradation of real textile effluents by photocatalytic reactions involving UV/TiO2/H2O2 and UV/Fe2+/H2O2 systems. 1728 56

The selective catalytic reduction of nitrates (NO3-) in pure water toward N2 formation by the use of gaseous H2 and in the presence of O2 (air) at 1 atm total pressure and 25 degrees C has been investigated over Pd-Cu supported on various mixed metal oxides, x wt % MO(x(/gamma-Al2O3 (MO(x) = CeO2, SrO, Mn2O3, Cr2O3, Y2O3, and TiO2). It is demonstrated for the firsttime that a remarkable improvement in N2 reaction selectivity (by 80 percentage units) can be achieved when oxygen is present in the reducing feed gas stream. In particular, significantly lower reaction selectivities toward NH4+ and NO2- can be obtained, whereas the rate of NO3- conversion is not significantly affected. Moreover, it was shown thatthe same effect is obtained over the Pd-Cu-supported catalysts irrespective to the chemical composition of support and the initial concentration of nitrates in water used. The Pd-Cu clusters supported on 4.8 wt%TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 resulted in a solid with the best catalytic behavior compared with the rest of supports examined, both in the presence and in the absence of oxygen in the reducing feed gas stream. DRIFTS studies performed following catalytic reduction by H2 of NO3- in water revealed that the presence of TiO2 in the Pd-Cu/TiO2-Al2O3 system enhanced the reactivity of adsorbed bidentate nitrate species toward H2. Nitrosyl species adsorbed on the alumina and titania support surfaces are considered as active intermediate species of the selective catalytic reduction of NO3- by H2 in water. Pd-Cu/TiO2-Al2O3 appears to be the most selective catalyst ever reported in the literature for the reduction of nitrates present in pure water into N2 by a reducing gas mixture of H2/air.
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PMID:The remarkable effect of oxygen on the N2 selectivity of water catalytic denitrification by hydrogen. 1732 8

Heterogeneous photocatalysis of pesticides is an effective process for removing pesticides from pure water. With a view to treating real agricultural effluents, this paper deals with the degradation of the chlortoluron and cyproconazole pesticides in pure water and the treatment of commercial solutions by photocatalysis on TiO2 coated media. The process was effective in degrading and mineralizing the pesticides. The changes of the fate of heteroatoms showed that during irradiation of the chlortoluron and cyproconazole, NH4+ and NO3(-) ions were produced. A release of chloride ions was observed from the beginning of the irradiation and stoichiometry was achieved. The photodegradation of chlortoluton and cyproconazole in commercial solutions was studied. For the degradation of chlortoluton in a commercial solution, the mineralization was completely achieved whereas in the case of the commercial cyproconazole solution, the degradation kinetic was lower. These results highlight the fact that the chemical nature of the additives in the commercial pesticide solutions does significantly affect the degradation yield of the target compound by photocatalysis.
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PMID:Photocatalytic degradation of pesticides in pure water and a commercial agricultural solution on TiO2 coated media. 1770 29

The sonolysis of Basic Blue 41 dye in aqueous solution was performed at 35 kHz using ultrasonic power of 160 W and aqueous temperature of 25+1 degrees C within 180 min. The TiO2 nanoparticles were used as a catalyst to assist the sonication process. The effect of experimental parameters such as pH, H2O2 concentration and initial dye concentration on the reaction were investigated. It was recognized that in lower pH values the dye removal rate decreased. However, dye removal increased via increase in H2O2 concentration and lowering the initial dye concentration. All intermediate compounds were detected by integrated gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and also ion chromatograph (IC). During the decolorization, all nitrogen atoms and aromatic groups of Basic Blue 41 were converted to urea, nitrate, formic acid, acetic acid and oxalic acid, etc. Kinetic studies revealed that the degradation process followed pseudo-first order mechanism with the correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.9918 under experimental conditions. The results showed that power ultrasound can be regarded as an appropriate tool for degradation of azo dyes to non-toxic end products.
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PMID:Sonochemical degradation of Basic Blue 41 dye assisted by nanoTiO2 and H2O2. 1795 Sep 96

ZnO nanopowder was synthesized by a unique method which is called solution combustion method (SCM). This nanopowder was used for a photocatalyst to decompose nitrate that is a toxic pollutant in wastewater. It has been known that TiO2, the most popular photocatalyst, does not decompose the nitrate. In this paper, however, the SCM ZnO nanopowder decomposed about 13% of nitrate. Furthermore, adding methanol as a hole scavenger, the decomposition rate was enhanced by about 5 times. On the other hand, it has been reported that the photocatalytic reduction reaction of nitrate produces ammonia as a final product. The present results, however, suggest that the final product is non-toxic nitrogen gas rather than the toxic ammonia. These results would be very valuable for drinking water purification.
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PMID:Photocatalytic reduction of nitrate in wastewater using ZnO nanopowder synthesized by solution combustion method. 1804 21


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