Research Article

Characterization and Evaluation of the Efficiency of TiO2/Zinc Phthalocyanine Nanocomposites as Photocatalysts for Wastewater Treatment Using Solar Irradiation

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Diffuse reflectance spectra of TiO2/ZnPc composites, prepared with different percent in mass of ZnPc: (a) TiO2 P25. Composite containing: 1.0% of ZnPc (b); 2.5% of ZnPc (c); 5.0% of ZnPc (d); (e) composite containing 2.5% of ZnPc (TiO2 P25 was used as reference), showing the Soret (370 nm) and Q (683 nm) bands, typical of ZnPc; (f) diffuse reflectance spectrum of pure ZnPc. Barium sulphate was used as reference for (a) to (d).
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