한국환경과학회지 (Journal of Environmental Science International)

  • 제17권11호
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  • Pages.1195-1201
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  • 2008
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  • 1225-4517(pISSN)
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  • 2287-3503(eISSN)
한국환경과학회 (The Korean Environmental Sciences Society)
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Photocatalysis of o-, m- and p-Xylene Using Element-Enhanced Visible-Light Driven Titanium Dioxide

  • Kim, Jong-Tae (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Mo-Keun (GyeongSangBukdo Government Public Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Jo, Wan-Kuen (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • 발행 : 2008.11.30
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Enhancing with non-metallic elemental nitrogen(N) is one of several methods that have been proposed to modify the electronic properties of bulk titanium dioxide($TiO_2$), in order to make $TiO_2$ effective under visible-light irradiation. Accordingly, current study evaluated the feasibility of applying visible-light-induced $TiO_2$ enhanced with N element to cleanse aromatic compounds, focusing on xylene isomers at indoor air quality(IAQ) levels. The N-enhanced $TiO_2$ was prepared by applying two popular processes, and they were coated by applying two well-known methods. For three o-, m-, and p-xylene, the two coating methods exhibited different photocatalytic oxidation(PCO) efficiencies. Similarly, the two N-doping processes showed different PCO efficiencies. For all three stream flow rates(SFRs), the degradation efficiencies were similar between o-xylene and m,p-xylene. The degradation efficiencies of all target compounds increased as the SFR decreased. The degradation efficiencies determined via a PCO system with N-enhanced visible-light induced $TiO_2$ was somewhat lower than that with ultraviolet(UV)-light induced unmodified $TiO_2$, which was reported by previous studies. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that PCO efficiencies increased up to 94% for o-xylene and 97% for the m,p-xylene under lower SFR(0.5 L $min^{-1}$). Consequently, it is suggested that with appropriate SFR conditions, the visible-light-assisted photocatalytic systems could also become important tools for improving IAQ.

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