The Catalytic Activity Of Manganosite MnO/Activated Carbon For Photo-Degradation Of Synthetic Dye

Department of Chemistry, University of Riau, Indonesia 28293

^* Corresponding author: amir.awaluddin@gmail.com

Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation of organic dye such as methylene blue (MB) has been on focused various research interest due to environmental impact. In this study, the composite manganosite MnO/activated carbon was synthesized by a facile one-pot of solgel method through the reaction between potassium permanganate, glucose and commercial activated carbon. The XRD result revealed the presence of rock-salt manganosite MnO in the composite. The catalytic studies were performed under different solution pH, different catalyst concentration and various initial MB concentrations. The result indicated that the catalyst is very effective for the degradation of MB at the basic condition (pH 9 and p11). The degradation of MB in an acidic environment, however, is much less than that of basic condition. In addition, an increase in initial MB concentration caused a decrease in MB degradation due to the saturation of the active sites of the catalyst. The maximum degradation of MB was 98.86 % achieved at pH 11, the initial MB concentration of 50 ppm, and the catalyst concentration of 35 mg.