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Abstract
Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol in two commercial TiO2 (Degussa P25 and Hombikat UV-100) was investigated in this work. The properties of two TiO2 were systematically studied and described in detail. The observed photoactivity of Degussa P25 was 6–12 times higher than Hombikat UV-100 although the specific surface area of Hombikat UV-100 was 5.7 times more than that of Degussa P25. The photodegradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol was favored at neutral pH in Degussa P25, while its degradation was preferred at pH 3.0 in Hombikat UV-100 dispersion. The observed kinetic constant (kobs) for the photodegradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol in 20 mg/L humic acid solution was found to be 15% (Degussa P25) and 21% (Hombikat UV-100) of the values obtained from the corresponding pure aquatic solutions. The suppression effects of β-cyclodextrin on the photodegradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol over Degussa P25 (50%) was much more significant than that of Hombikat UV-100 because of the different adsorption behavior of β-cyclodextrin over two TiO2. Hydroxyl radical and valance band hole was found to be the predominant reactant during the degradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol using P25 and UV-100, respectively. Formic acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, and were detected as advanced oxidation products.
Acknowledgment
This work has been supported by National Science Foundation for Fostering Talents in Basic Research (No. J1103409), Undergraduate Science Research Project of Wuhan University (No. 1310486035), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21207104), and the Youth Chenguang Project of Science and Technology of Wuhan City (No. 2013070104010009). We thank the Large-scale Instrument and Equipment Sharing Foundation of Wuhan University.