Aerobic and anaerobic TiO2-photocatalysed purifications of waters containing organic pollutants

Autor: Ghassan Al-Sayyed, John Caffrey, Petr. Sedlak, Joseph Cunningham
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Catalysis Today. 53:145-158
ISSN: 0920-5861
DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5861(99)00109-1
Popis: Developments reported by European research groups in removal of dilute organic pollutants from water under the combined action of TiO2 particles and solar-illumination are briefly outlined. Instances are given of poor correlation between trends actually observed for selected TiO2*-photocatalysed conversion in aerobic conditions and trends expected within the context of two-parameter Langmuir–Hinshelwood-type rate expressions. The necessity of recognising important kinetic roles of several parameters is emphasised not only for aerobic, but also for anaerobic conditions, e.g. TiO2*-photocatalysed conversions of chloromethane pollutants in deoxygenated aqueous solutions. Comparisons between initial TiO2-sensitized photocatalytic degradation (TiO2*-PCD) rates versus dark-equilibrated [C]eq profiles for one strongly-adsorbed and one weakly-adsorbed pollutant in aerated TiO2 suspensions at concentrations
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