Heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation of crystal violet using an iron loaded ZSM-5 zeolite

AbstractThe heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation of a cationic triphenylmethane dye, crystal violet (CV), dissolved in water was investigated using an iron-loaded ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst. The catalyst was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction patterns, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope, analysis, and nitrogen adsorption-Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (N2-BET) studies. The effects of temperature, solution pH, H2O2 amount, catalyst amount, and initial dye concentration were investigated using the heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation of an aqueous CV. The increase in the concentration of H2O2 from 3 to 7.5 mM enhanced the decolorization. Whereas increasing the H2O2 amount from 7.5 to 10 mM led to a decrease in the color removal from 94.1 to 85.5%. An acidic pH of 3.5 was favorable for the decolorization of the dye. The decolorization of the dye decreased with the increase in the initial concentration of CV. Doubling the amount of the catalyst enhanced the decolorization fro...