Research Article

Preparation of a Modified PTFE Fibrous Photo-Fenton Catalyst and Its Optimization towards the Degradation of Organic Dye

Table 1

Effect of Cu/Fe molar ratio of the catalysts on dye decomposition.

Samples 𝐶 M (mol L−1) 𝑄 M - P T F E (mmol L−1)Cu/Fe 𝐷 1 8 0 % TOC
Removal %
Fe(III)Cu(II)Fe(III)Cu(II)Total

Fe-PAA-g-PTFE0.1000.0001.890.001.89047.337.3
Cu-Fe-PAA-g-PTFE (i)0.0750.0251.130.751.880.6661.254.6
Cu-Fe-PAA-g-PTFE (ii)0.0500.0500.541.552.092.8784.672.7
Cu-Fe-PAA-g-PTFE (iii)0.0250.0750.311.752.065.6578.456.7
Cu-PAA-g-PTFE0.0000.1000.001.981.98/51.945.1