eSVK2023

Arshitha Madhusudhan, our PhD student, has attended the Scientific Student Conference of the Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences (eSVK2023) where she gave a talk on the effect of hydrochar on the photo-induced activity of magnetite for the removal of Rhodmaine B. She was awarded the price of the Slovak Chemical Sosiety for her outstanding oral presentation. 

Here is the abstract of her contribuition:

Water pollution is one of the major issues faced in the current time due to the limited resource. One of the easiest and most efficient ways of removing persistent water pollutants are using Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) as they generate highly reactive radicals that oxidize and mineralize the pollutants. A composite of hydrochar and Fe3O4 was synthesized and used for adsorption and degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) in presence of solar-like radiation. This was conducted at various pH and it was determined that natural pH was the best to achieve maximum removal of RhB. Also, the extent of removal using composite was compared to Fe3O4 and hydrochar.