Photooxidation of organic impurities in water using thin films of titanium dioxide
01 Jun 1987-The Journal of Physical Chemistry (American Chemical Society)-Vol. 91, Iss: 12, pp 3328-3333
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the observed apparent first-order dependence and the change in rate constant with concentration could by explained in terms of the integrated form of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
Abstract: Results of the destruction of organic solutes in a simple, thin film TiO2 reactor are described. The reactor was illuminated with a 20-W blacklight UV fluorescent tube and the aqueous stream containing the organic solute flowed past the stationary photocatalyst. In the continuous recirculation mode, the destructive rate of each solute obeyed approximately first-order kinetics. The reaction rate constant decreased with increasing solute concentration. The times for 50% destruction of 500 cmT of 10 M solutions of each of the solutes salicylic acid, phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol, benzoic acid, 2-naphthol, naphthalene, and fluorescein were 7.1, 7.2, 8.2, 8.7, 6.9, 8.5, 4.3, and 6.4 min, respectively. It was found that the observed apparent first-order dependence and the change in rate constant with concentration could by explained in terms of the integrated form of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. A marked dependence of the destruction rate on flow rate was observed and an expression developed which allows the calculation of the destruction curve with good precision at any solute concentration and flow rate. A corresponding curve was observed for the formation of carbon dioxide from salicylic acid solution. It was shown that hydroxylation of the aromatic ring to give salicylic acid is a minormore » reaction path in the destruction of benzoic acid. The maximum quantum yield for the destruction of salicyclic acid at 25C was found to be 0.022. The activation energy for the photooxidation of salicyclic acid was determined to be 11.0 +/- 0.8 kJ mol .« less
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