Copper-impregnated on natural material as promising catalysts for the wet hydrogen peroxide catalytic oxidation of Methyl Green

Abstract

Promising catalyst of cooper impregnated on natural material (CT) synthesized via wet impregnation method, in order to enhance the catalytic wet peroxide oxidation during the degradation of organic matter in a batch reactor under mild conditions. Three different percentages of copper metal (2.5, 5 and 7.5 %) incorporated into CT material which are referred as follows 2.5% Cu-CT, 5% Cu-CT and 7.5% Cu-CT were investigated in the oxidation catalytic of methyl green (MG) dye. The chemical composition, the morphology and the structure of raw CT and all prepared samples, were investigated by X-ray fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to get a better understand concerning the catalytic activity behavior of Cu-CT catalyst. Different variable examined the catalytic activity of the samples obtained such as initial concentrations of dye, copper (Cu) loading, temperature and H 2 O 2 effect was investigated to enhance the MG conversion. CWPO experiments showed that 2.5% Cu-CT catalysts have the maximum catalytic activity during the degradation of MG dye. The presence of copper on CT support ameliorates the hydroxyl radicals in the reaction medium after the contact with H 2 O 2 thus enhanced the catalytic conversion of the CT pristine. The optimum conditions showing an important catalytic conversion of MG dye (95 %) at 2.5% of copper loading, 139.10 -3 mol.L -1 H 2 O 2, temperature of 40 °C and at pH 6.0 during  30 min as a reaction time.