Thermal Diffusivity Study of Organic Dyes with TiO2 Nanoparticles by Photothermal Techniques

O. Secundino-Sánchez, J. L. Luna-Sánchez, J. L. Jiménez-Pérez, J. F. Sánchez-Ramırez, J. Diaz-Reyes, Z. N. Correa-Pacheco, R. Carbajal-Valdez, R. Gutiérrez-Fuentes

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Abstract

A photothermal study by means of thermal lens (TL) was used to monitor the detoxification of organic wastewater through bleaching of rhodamine 6G (R6G) with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) and in the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Thermal diffusivity change of the nanofluid with irradiation time was investigated by fitting TL experimental data to a theoretical model. Thermal diffusivity decreases as irradiation time increases. The obtained diffusivity values were 25.0 ± 0.6 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, 24.2 ± 0.5 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, 23.4 ± 0.6 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, 22.4 ± 0.6 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, 21.1 ± 0.3 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, and 19.7 ± 0.2 × 10–4 cm2·s−1, for irradiation times of 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75 min, respectively. In this work, main characterization of thermal properties was carried out by thermal lens (TL) for thermal diffusivity measurement. Other techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman Spectroscopy, UV–Vis spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used for complementary characterization. These studies are of great interest in catalytic sewage water pollutants’ bleaching applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number83
JournalInternational Journal of Thermophysics
Volume43
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Bleaching
  • Nanoparticles
  • Rhodamine 6G
  • Thermal diffusivity
  • Thermal lens
  • Titanium dioxide

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