Sonophotocatalytic Degradation of Chitosan in the Presence of Fe(III)/H2O2 System |
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Authors: | Mohammad Taghi Taghizadeh Reza Abdollahi Naser Sadeghpour Orang |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran |
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Abstract: | The degradation of chitosan by means of ultrasound irradiation and its combination with homogeneous photocatalysis (photo-Fenton)
was investigated. Emphasis was given on the effect of additive on degradation rate constants. 24 kHz of ultrasound irradiation
was provided by a sonicator, while an ultraviolet source of 16 W was used for UV irradiation. To increase the efficiency of
degradation process, degradation system was combined with Fe(III) (2.5 × 10−4mol/L) and H2O2 (0.020–0.118 mol/L) in the presence of UV irradiation and the rate of degradation process change from 1.873 × 10−9−6.083 × 10−9 mol1.7 L s−1. Photo-Fenton process led to complete chitosan degradation in 60 min with the rate increasing with increasing catalyst loading.
Sonophotocatalysis in the presence of Fe(III)/H2O2 was always faster than the respective individual processes. A synergistic effect between ultrasound and ultraviolet irradiation
in the presence of Fenton reagent was calculated. The degraded chitosans were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), gel
permeation chromatography (GPC) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and average molecular weight of ultrasonicated
chitosan was determined by measurements of intrinsic viscosity of samples. The results show that the total degree of deacetylation
(DD) of chitosan change, partially after degradation and the decrease of molecular weight led to transformation of crystal
structure. A negative order for the dependence of the reaction rate on total molar concentration of chitosan solution within
the degradation process was suggested. Results of this study indicate that the presence of catalyst in the reaction medium
can be utilized to reduce molecular weight of chitosan while maintaining the power of irradiated ultrasound and degree of
deacetylation. |
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