Enhanced photocatalytic performance of iron oxides@HTCC fabricated from zinc extraction tailings for methylene blue degradation: Investigation of the photocatalytic mechanism

• Published in: International journal of minerals, metallurgy and materials Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 2364 - 2374
• Main Authors: Xue, Yang, Liu, Xiaoming, Zhang, Na, Shao, Yang, Xu, Chunbao Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing University of Science and Technology Beijing 01.12.2023; School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China%Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China%School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China%Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
• Subjects: Ceramics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composites; Corrosion and Coatings; Glass; Materials Science; Metallic Materials; Natural Materials; Surfaces and Interfaces; Thin Films; Tribology; photocatalysis; methylene blue degradation; photo-Fenton reaction; tailings utilization

Photocatalytic processes are efficient methods to solve water contamination problems, especially considering dyeing wastewater disposal. However, high-efficiency photocatalysts are usually very expensive and have the risk of heavy metal pollution. Recently, an iron oxides@hydrothermal carbonation ca...