Dissertation thesis

I. Fundamentals

I.1. Wastewater; Industrial wastewater; Wastewater from the textile industry

I.2. Wastewater treatement

I.2.1. Industrial processes

I.2.2. Advanced wastewater treatement

i. Advanced oxidation process

ii. Heterogeneous photocatalysis

I.3. Photocatalytic materials

I.4. Techniques for obtaining photocatalytic materials

II. Experimental methods and materials

II.1. Materials

II.2. Equipments

II.3. Experimental methods

II.3.1. Synthesis of TiO2 powders by sol-gel method

II.3.2. Titanium oxide thin films obtained by dip-coating method

II.3.3. Photocatalytic degradation of dyes (Methyl Orange and Methylene Blue)

III.Results and discussions

a. Titanium oxide powder obtained by sol-gel and their photocatalytic activity

i. Characterization of TiO2 powders

ii. Photocatalytic degradation of Methyl Orange( why MO, Adsorbtion???

for MB??)

b. Titanium oxide films obtained by dip-coating and their photocatalytic activity

i. Characterization of TiO2 films

ii. Photocatalytic degradation of Methyl Orange and Methylene Blue

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c. Photodegradation kinetics
IV. Design Dip-coating system

V. Conclusions

References