Barium titanate perovskite nanoparticles as a photoreactive medium for chemical warfare agent detoxification

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Dimitrios A GiannakoudakisTeresa J Bandosz

Abstract

Barium titanate nanoparticles (BTO-NPs) in the size range 8-12 nm, prepared by gel collection, are found to be a photoreactive detoxifier for Chemical Warfare Agent vapors, specifically, the sulfur mustard surrogate (2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide). The relatively monodisperse, uniformly spherical BTO-NPs, initially dispersed in alcohol solvents, form a stable and porous aggregated structure reminiscent of a nanostructured material with voids/pores of an average diameter of 4.6 nm and a relatively narrow distribution of their sizes (2.5-8.7 nm). Due to the interparticle porosity and a polar, chemically active surface, signifcant amounts of CWA surrogate and its decomposition products were adsorbed on the BTO-NPs. The recorded weight uptake on the perovskite was the highest among a series of materials and nanocomposites known for their detoxification activity and tested at the same conditions (169 mg/g, compared to 117 mg/g for zinc oxide and <100 mg/g for other transition metal oxides). Besides adsorption, BTO nanomaterial acts simultaneously as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst by degrading the toxic vapors to alcohols, sulfides and thiols - molecules of significantly lower toxicity than the CWA surrogate. Hydrolysis and dehydr...Continue Reading

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