Kinetic study of photocatalytic decolorization of C.I. Basic Blue 3 solution on immobilized titanium dioxide nanoparticles

A. R. Khataee*, M. Fathinia, S. Aber

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Abstract

The photocatalytic decolorization of C.I. Basic Blue 3 (BB3) solution on immobilized TiO2 nanoparticles was carried out in a rectangular flat-plate photoreactor. The investigated TiO2 was Millennium PC-500 (anatase, average crystallite size 8nm, surface area 320.76m2g-1) immobilized on non-woven paper. A new kinetic model was proposed on the basis of intrinsic element reactions. The proposed kinetic model fairly resembled the classic Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) equation from its expression. It was found that both kobs (the reaction rate constant) and KR (the adsorption rate constant) were linearly proportional to the light intensity in a rather large intensity range.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2110-2116
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Engineering Research and Design
Volume89
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • C.I. Basic Blue 3
  • Kinetic modeling
  • Photocatalysis
  • TiO nanoparticles

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