Zinc-doped titanium oxynitride as a high-performance adsorbent for formaldehyde in air
- Authors
- Tran, Thi Yen; Verma, Swati; Younis, Sherif A.; Kim, Ki-Hyun
- Issue Date
- Jun-2023
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Keywords
- Adsorption mechanism; Breakthrough adsorption; Formaldehyde; Relative humidity; Zinc titanium oxynitride
- Citation
- Journal of Hazardous Materials, v.451, pp.1 - 12
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- Journal Title
- Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Volume
- 451
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/184875
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131203
- ISSN
- 0304-3894
- Abstract
- The potential utility of titanium oxynitride doped with 5% zinc (ZnTON) has been investigated as an adsorbent for the treatment of gaseous formaldehyde (FA) using a fixed-bed adsorption system. The adsorption capacity of ZnTON, when estimated at 10%/100% breakthrough (BT) levels from a dry feed gas consisting of 10 Pa FA, was far superior to two reference materials (i.e., commercial P25-TiO2 and activated carbon (AC)) by factors of 1.7/1.3 and 10/2.5, respectively. The adsorption capacity of ZnTON increased with the increase in the initial feeding concentration of FA (5–12.5 Pa), while decreasing with the rising temperature (25–100 oC). An increase in moisture level (0–100% relative humidity) also led to 5.4- and 2.5-fold reductions in adsorption capacity of ZnTON at 10% and 100% BT levels, respectively. Thermodynamically, the adsorption of FA onto ZnTON is an exothermic (ΔHo = - 9.69 kJ.mol-1) to be feasible in nature based on physisorption mechanism. Further, the adsorption of FA onto ZnTON was governed by surface interactions and monolayer surface coverage (Van der Waal's force/electrostatic attraction), as it obeyed the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. Regeneration tests indicated a positive effect of moisture on FA desorption and durability of ZnTON (i.e., over three adsorption-desorption cycles). This study offers valuable mechanistic insights into the synthesis of an advanced adsorbent for the efficient removal of hazardous volatile organic compounds under near-ambient conditions.
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