K T Chen, C S Lu, T H Chang, Y Y Lai, T H Chang, C W Wu, C C Chen
Department of General Education, Ming Hsing University of Science and Technology, 304 Taiwan, ROC.
Journal of hazardous materials 2010 Feb 15The purposes of this research were to study the effects of two modified photocatalysts, Nafion-coated TiO(2) and fluorinated TiO(2), and photocatalytic degradation of Victoria Blue R in aqueous solution. Photocatalytic degradation of Victoria Blue R was accelerated by the modified photocatalysts. Bulk and surface characterizations of the resulting powders were carried out. Attachment of the anions to the TiO(2) surface using the Nafion-coated-TiO(2) possibly results in increased adsorption of the cationic dye, and the degradation rate is larger for the cationic dye. It was found that Victoria Blue R on the two illuminated TiO(2) surfaces underwent very different changes. To obtain a better understanding on the mechanistic details of this modified-TiO(2)-assisted photodegradation of the Victoria Blue R dye with UV irradiation, a large number of intermediates of the process were separated, identified, and characterized by a high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. Several probable photodegradation pathways were proposed and discussed.
K T Chen, C S Lu, T H Chang, Y Y Lai, T H Chang, C W Wu, C C Chen. Comparison of photodegradative efficiencies and mechanisms of Victoria Blue R assisted by Nafion-coated and fluorinated TiO2 photocatalysts. Journal of hazardous materials. 2010 Feb 15;174(1-3):598-609
PMID: 19815344
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