Balu, Alina M.Ouyang, WeiyiReina, Jose M.Kuna, EwelinaYépez, AlfonsoRomero, Antonio A.Colmenares, Juan C.Luque, Rafael2017-05-05T07:31:21Z2017-05-05T07:31:21Z2017http://hdl.handle.net/10396/14816In this work, we have successfully synthesized a set of titania photocatalytic nanocomposites by the
incorporation of different TiO2 content on wheat bran residues. The obtained catalysts were characterized
by different techniques including UVeVis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) while their photocatalytic activity was
investigated in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol under UV light irradiation. Benzaldehyde yields were ca.
20%, with conversion in the systems of ca. 33% of benzyl alcohol by using 10%Ti-Bran catalyst, as
compared to 33% yield to the target product (quantitative conversion of benzyl alcohol) using commercial
pure TiO2 (P-25). The photocatalytic activity results indicate that designed waste-derived
nanomaterials with low TiO2 content can efficiently photocatalyze the conversion of benzyl alcohol
with relative high selectivity towards benzaldehyde.application/pdfengElsevierhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Journal of Environmental Management 203, 768-773 (2017)Waste valorizationWheat branPhotocatalysisBenzyl alcohol oxidationWheat bran valorisation: Towards photocatalytic nanomaterials for benzyl alcohol photo-oxidationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.013Junta de Andalucía. P10-FQM-6711Unión Europea. H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014-641861 (Marie Curie Actions)Unión Europea. FP1306info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess