The photocatalytic degradation of wastewater containing three industrial dyes belonging to different families, methyl orange (MO), methylene blue (MB) and Rhodamine B (RhB), was studied under UV-Vis irradiation using synthesised silver chloride nanoparticles. The nanocatalyst was prepared by a dissolution/reprecipitation method starting from the bulk powder and the ionic liquid trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride, [P]Cl, without addition of other solvents. The obtained catalyst was characterised by UV-Vis absorbance, X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFModelling of multi-component systems with complex interactions is an ongoing challenge in thermodynamics due to their great relevance in industry and academia. Systems that build three liquid phases are found in many interesting applications (separation processes, triphasic catalysis…). Among them, the surfactant flooding method for enhanced oil recovery is noticeable.
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