Photocatalytic degration kinetics in Rhodamine B dye degradation with poriferous TiO₂ photocatalyst

Abstract

A type of poriferous TiO₂ material was prepared using cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide as a template agent and butyl tetra titanate as a precursor. Through studying the photocatalytic kinetic activity of Rhodamine B photocatalytic degradation reaction with a UV-1601PC ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer, the photocatalytic degradation process of Rhodamine B was found to not correspond to the first-order kinetic process completely. According to the reaction phenomenon, the photocatalytic degradation process of Rhodamine B with poriferous TiO₂ involved two irrevesible reactions. The kinetic model was tested using experimental data.

Keywords

poriferous TiO₂ / photocatalyst / kinetics / Rhodamine B

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