Introduction

Organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) are one of the

most widely used classes of agricultural pesticides
introduced in 1970s.
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) constitute a
promising technology for treatment of waters
containing persistent organic compounds with high
toxicity and low biodegradability
Advanced Oxidation reaction are based on generation
of hydroxyl radical (OH*) or direct photodegradation.
Because of Adsorption Capacity the use of Carbon
forms like AC, Graphene and CNT are extensive in now
a days for water purification & other Environmental
Applications.
Materials and methods
Studies performed in aqueous matrix containing 1 ppm of
individual pesticide.
Batch experiments carried out in a Pyrex reactor with 500 mL
of the pesticide aqueous solution.
The pesticides aqueous solution was subjected to UV
irradiation alone, UV/ H
2
O
2
and UV/H
2
O
2
/Fe
2+
.
A maximum of four hours of irradiation was performed in all
the experiments.
Pesticides were desolved in 1L of DW and absorbed in 1g of
Graphene Oxide.
Analysis: U-V Visible, GC-MS and GC ECD.
Results and discussion
On UV irradiation exposure, phorate, dimethoate and
chlorpyrifos degraded upto 89%, 33% and 19% respectively
within 30 minutes.
UV/ H
2
O
2
enhanced the rate upto 97%, 90% and 25% for
phorate, dimethoate and chlorpyrifos respectively
UV/H
2
O
2
/Fe
2+
shows to 95%, 83% and 50% respectively
within 30minutes.
Order of treatment efficiencies of chlorpyrifos, dimethoate
and phorate obtained for the studied AOP.
UV/Fenton> UV/H
2
O
2
> UV alone >Fenton, UV/H
2
O
2
>
UV/Fenton> UV alone >Fenton and UV/H
2
O
2
> UV/Fenton>
UV. alone >Fenton respectively.
Fe
2+
+ H
2
O
2
Fe
3+
+ OH
-
+ OH
*
Fe
3+
+ H
2
O Fe (OH)
2+
+ H
+
Fe(OH)
2+ h
Fe
2+
+ OH
*
Conclusions
AOP techniques appears to be an effective method in
destroying OPPs from water.
The studies shows that phorate and dimethoate is easy
degrade as compared to chlorpyrifos in aqueous media
As mentioned with EPA highly hazardous OPP that widely
used is phorate so, these technique can be applied for the
degradation.
Interaction b/w GN-W-P are stronger compared to GN-P.
Graphene Nanocomposites for Removal of Organophosphates (OPPS) in Aqueous
Media and Their Degradation in Water using Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP)
Dhananjay Tripathi
1
, Supriy Verma
2
, J. B. Valenzuela
3
and D. K. Tiwari
3
.
1
Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development,
2
Department of Chemistry; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India.
3
Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Ensenada, B.C. 22800, Mxico.
Fig. 1 Spectroscopic analysis of GO & RGO
Fig. 2 Technique used
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Table 1 GN-W-P interaction
Pesticides Mol. Formula MW
(g/mol)
WS @ RT Ad. Cap.
(mg/g)
Chlorpyrifos C
9
H
11
Cl
3
NO
3
PS 350.59 (2 mg/L) 1100
Diemethoate C
5
H
12
NO
3
PS
2
229.26 (25 g/L) 700
Phorate C
7
H
17
O
2
PS
3
260.38 ---- 1400
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
30 60 120 240
%
d
e
g
r
a
d
a
t
i
o
n

Time (min)
Trends of Degradation
UV Exposure
Chlorpyrifos
Dimethoate
Phorate
0%
50%
100%
30 60 120 240
%
d
e
g
r
a
d
a
t
i
o
n

Time(min)
Trends of Degradation
UV+Fenton reagent
Chlorpyrifos
Dimethoate
Phorate
0%
50%
100%
30 60 120 240
%
d
e
g
r
a
d
a
t
i
o
n

Time(min)
Trends of Degradation
UV+H
2
O
2
Chlorpyrifos
Dimethoate
Phorate