Influence of Aqueous Solubility of Various VOCs on Their Photocatalytic Degradation
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C. Raillard
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V. Héquet
Abstract
The present work follows a study that permitted to enlighten the influence of TiO2 coating types on the role of water vapor during Methyl Ethyl Ketone photocatalytic oxidation. For catalysts constituted of a film of TiO2, the formation of a water layer at the catalyst surface was suggested. Consequently, for this kind of catalysts, not only the adsorption of pollutants on TiO2 but also their dissolution in water may influence their degradation. Further experiments were then performed to further examine this aspect. A photocatalyst composed of a thin film of TiO2 was used. Three VOCs having different aqueous solubilities were tested at various initial concentrations and a relative humidity of either 0 or 30%. The experimental results were modelled by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood relation at the initial time considering that the surface reaction was the limiting step of the reaction. For sufficiently low initial concentrations (C0), the adsorption term (KAC0) in the denominator could be neglected. The constants k′ = ksKA (ks is the Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic constant and KA is the equilibrium adsorption constant) were determined by linear regressions. The influence of the aqueous solubility was then assessed by the behavior of the ratio k′humid/k′dry.
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