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Titanium dioxide mediated photocatalytic degradation of monochlorobenzene in aqueous phase
- Source :
- Chemosphere. 71(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The reaction sequence for the photocatalytic degradation of monochlorobenzene (MCB) in UV/TiO 2 process, including substrate adsorption, degradation, and mineralization, was studied. The theoretical maximum quantity of MCB that could be adsorbed onto TiO 2 surface in aqueous phase was 0.18 ± 0.04 μmol m −2 of TiO 2 . In accordance with the upper limit of the relative surface coverage of MCB molecules to surface hydroxyls of TiO 2 was around 2.2%, the water molecules as the major adjacent species near TiO 2 surface would compete with MCB molecules. Increasing the initial substrate concentration to an appropriate value or enhancing the affinity between the MCB and the TiO 2 surface by adjusting the solution pH would promote the photocatalytic degradation. Experimental results revealed that the neutral medium was beneficial for the degradation of MCB. In comparison, the mineralization was most improved at acidic condition. Generally, 90% of the total organic carbon (TOC) was mineralized after 240 min illumination time in the examined pH range except solution pH 11. The suppressed mineralization of MCB at solution pH 11 was ascribed to the lack of adsorption. A simplified 2-step consecutive kinetic model was used to simulate the mineralization.
- Subjects :
- Environmental Engineering
Photochemistry
Ultraviolet Rays
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Inorganic chemistry
Chlorobenzenes
Catalysis
Water Purification
chemistry.chemical_compound
Adsorption
Environmental Chemistry
Titanium
technology, industry, and agriculture
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Aqueous two-phase system
Substrate (chemistry)
Water
General Medicine
General Chemistry
Mineralization (soil science)
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Pollution
Titanium oxide
Kinetics
chemistry
Titanium dioxide
Photocatalysis
Degradation (geology)
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00456535
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chemosphere
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....efd2a876a1006e04006ca6a157d967a6