Photocatalyzed N-demethylation and degradation of methylene blue in titania dispersions exposed to concentrated sunlight
Photocatalyzed N-demethylation and degradation of methylene blue in titania dispersions exposed to concentrated sunlight
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DOI:
10.1016/s0927-0248(01)00215-x
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发表时间:
2002-07
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Tianyong Zhang;T. Oyama;S. Horikoshi;H. Hidaka;Jincai Zhao;N. Serpone
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作者:
Tianyong Zhang;T. Oyama;S. Horikoshi;H. Hidaka;Jincai Zhao;N. Serpone
S imulated wastewaters that con tain methylene blue (MB) were bleached in a photocatalytic aqueous TiO2dispersion illuminated by concentrated sunlight using a parabolic round concentrator reactor (PRCR). The kinetic analysis was carried out well when the temporal concentration variation was a function of the concentrated light energy irradiated. The p hotocatalyzed N-demethylation of MB takes place concurrently with photocatalytic decomposition of MB by pseudo- first-order kinetics. The dependence of the photo- decomposition kinetics on the initial concentration of MB is consistent with the Langmuir– Hinshelwood model. Elimination of TOC (total organic carbon) also occurs by pseudo- first-order kinetics prior to full bleaching of the aqueous TiO2dispersion, after which the TOC level decreases only slightly. Also, compared with the open to air, the photodegradation of MB is not influenced by molecular oxygen bubbl ing continuously through the reactant suspensions during illumination . TiO2loadings and flow rates markedly a ffect the degradation o f MB. Under concentrated sunlight, t he relative photonic efficiency of MB photodegradation i s ζrel=0.49 (relative to phenol) . T he efficiency ζrelfor the degradation of MB is independent of photoreactor geometry (cylindrical bottle reactor versus round-bot tomed flask), of light sources (solar light concentrator versus a Hg lamp) and of the operating mode used (flow versus batch operation).