Photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene using immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow-through photocatalytic reactor

The photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene (TCE) was investigated on immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow‐through photocatalytic reactor. It was found that gaseous photocatalysis is an efficient method for volatile organic compounds' abatement and air purification. Degrad...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (1986) 2005-03, Vol.80 (3), p.251-258
Hauptverfasser: An, Taicheng, Zhang, Maolin, Wang, Xinming, Sheng, Guoying, Fu, Jiamo
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Zusammenfassung:The photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene (TCE) was investigated on immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow‐through photocatalytic reactor. It was found that gaseous photocatalysis is an efficient method for volatile organic compounds' abatement and air purification. Degradation of ∼100% was found for TCE at the concentrations examined, up to 400 ppmv, in a flow‐through dry synthetic gas stream. In our tested conditions, the flow rate had little influence on the photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of TCE, while the relative humidity had a significant influence on the photocatalytic degradation of TCE. The photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of TCE increased slowly below 20% relative humidity and then decreased as the relative humidity increased further. The deactivation of used immobilized photocatalyst was not observed within the 200 h testing period in the present experiment, although the surface of the photocatalyst changed greatly during the use of the photocatalyst. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry
ISSN:0268-2575
1097-4660
DOI:10.1002/jctb.1187