systems in photocatalytic degradation

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 Environmental pollution

 Environmental pollution is having a deadly effect on humans and ecosystems

 Water pollution is mostly due to pesticides, oil, sewage, dyes, and heavy metals

 Air pollution is mostly due to automobile and industrial exhaust

Photocatalysis
 Photocatalysis - reaction assisted by photons in the presence of a catalyst
 In photo catalysis - simultaneous oxidation and reduction
 Light excites electrons from valence to conduction band - electrons and holes

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Light induced excitation processes in a photo catalyst
 Preparation of cerium modified TiO2

Aq. NH3 (pH 12.7)

Titanium(IV) isopropoxide in Ammonium ceric nitrate in water

CH2Cl2 at 1.5 ml/min at 0.5 ml/min

Sol

Stirred 12 h

Washed, centrifuged

Dried

Calcined 600 oC, air 6 h

 0.25 %, 0.5 %, 1 %, 2 %, 3 %, 5 % and 9 % CeO2 modified TiO2, pure 3

TiO2 and pure CeO2 were prepared
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TEM images

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C-TiO2 calcined at 300 oC air ; 600 oC N2
 XRD pattern of CdSnO3

Rhombohedral
(JCPDS no.
880287)

SEM images

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNALS

Magesh, G., B. Viswanathan, R.P. Viswanath and T.K. Varadarajan (2009) Photocatalytic behavior of
CeO2-TiO2 system for the degradation of methylene blue. Indian J. Chem., Sec A, 48A, 480-488.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Magesh, G., B. Viswanathan, R.P. Viswanath and T.K. Varadarajan (2007) Photocatalytic routes for
chemicals. Photo/Electrochemistry & Photobiology in the Environment, Energy and Fuel, 321-357.

PRESENTATIONS IN SYMPOSIUM/CONFERENCE

Magesh, G., B. Viswanathan, R. P. Viswanath and T. K. Varadarajan, ‘Visible light photocatalytic activity
of Ce modified TiO2 nanoparticles for methylene blue decomposition’, International Conference on
Nanomaterials and its Applications (Poster presentation), February 4-6th 2007, NIT, Trichy, India.

Magesh, G., B. Viswanathan, T.K. Varadarajan and R.P. Viswanath, ‘CeO 2-TiO2 system as visible light
photocatalyst for the degradation 4-chlorophenol’, Catworkshop-2008 (Poster Presentation), February 18-
20, 2008, IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India.

Magesh, G., T.K. Varadarajan and R.P. Viswanath, ‘Enhanced photocatalytic activity of carbon-TiO 2
composites towards pollutant removal’, CATSYMP-19, (Poster presentation) January 18-21, 2009,
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.

Magesh, G., B. Viswanathan, T.K. Varadarajan and R.P. Viswanath, ‘Cadmium stannates as
photocatalysts for decontamination of water’, Indo-Hungarian workshop on future frontiers in catalysis
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