TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of toluene photocatalytic degradation using GO/S/TiO2
AU - Narindri Rara Winayu, Birgitta
AU - Chou, Chia Chin
AU - Chu, Hsin
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors give appreciative acknowledgement to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan , for the financial support on the research with project number of MOST ( 105-2221-E-006-263 ) and MOST ( 106-2221-E-006-017-MY3 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Backgrounds: Volatile organic compounds/VOCs (such as toluene) are the common indoor air pollutant that can be found in daily products. Photocatalytic degradation of toluene is a potential strategy with low-cost and eco-friendly characters. However, TiO2, as the broadly applied photocatalyst, has the wide band gap and low absorption of visible light. Methods: In this study, TiO2 photocatalyst was modified by doping of S element and various content of graphene oxide (GO) and applied in the photocatalytic degradation process of toluene. Findings: Compared to bare TiO2, smaller crystal size was formed, utilization of visible light was improved, and the formation of Ti-O-S was presented. The 5wt%GO-S0.05TiO2 performed the best photocatalytic degradation for toluene. Moreover, higher temperature elevated the collision frequency and reduced adsorbed water on the active sites which led to enhancement of photocatalytic activity. Different trend in photocatalytic activity was shown by the various applied relative humidity. Furthermore, extended study about reaction kinetics was also carried out in this study.
AB - Backgrounds: Volatile organic compounds/VOCs (such as toluene) are the common indoor air pollutant that can be found in daily products. Photocatalytic degradation of toluene is a potential strategy with low-cost and eco-friendly characters. However, TiO2, as the broadly applied photocatalyst, has the wide band gap and low absorption of visible light. Methods: In this study, TiO2 photocatalyst was modified by doping of S element and various content of graphene oxide (GO) and applied in the photocatalytic degradation process of toluene. Findings: Compared to bare TiO2, smaller crystal size was formed, utilization of visible light was improved, and the formation of Ti-O-S was presented. The 5wt%GO-S0.05TiO2 performed the best photocatalytic degradation for toluene. Moreover, higher temperature elevated the collision frequency and reduced adsorbed water on the active sites which led to enhancement of photocatalytic activity. Different trend in photocatalytic activity was shown by the various applied relative humidity. Furthermore, extended study about reaction kinetics was also carried out in this study.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104529
DO - 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104529
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138449003
SN - 1876-1070
VL - 139
JO - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
JF - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
M1 - 104529
ER -