Aplicación de Fotocatalizadores Obtenidos a partir de Ácido Tungstofosfórico sobre NH4ZSM5 en Remediación de Aguas Contaminadas

Abstract

Tungstophosphoric acid inmobilized on NH4ZSM5 zeolite were prepared by the wet impregnation technique for their application as catalyst in photocatalytic degradation reactions of representative molecules of pollutants present in effluents. Tungstophosphoric acid concentrations in the solid were 10 and 30 w/w %, respectively. These materials were characterized by different physicochemical techniques in order to determine their properties. When tungstophophoric acid content was increased, surface area decreased with respect to the unmodified matrix as result of the blockage of the zeolite´s pores. XRD patterns of the modified solids, showed NH4ZSM5 characteristic peaks and new signals assigned to (NH4)3[PW12O40] salt.
Moreover, the samples exhibited similar band gap values to those reported for the most studied semiconductors. According to catalytic results, the obtained materials resulted adequate photocatalysts for the studied molecules degradation.