Artigo Revisado por pares

Solar activated ozonation of phenol and malic acid

2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 50; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00699-9

ISSN

1879-1298

Autores

Laura Carbonero Sánchez, Xavier Domènech, Juan Casado, José Peral,

Tópico(s)

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Resumo

The effect that sunlight has on the degradation rate of two model organic compounds, phenol and malic acid, by ozone is studied. The effect seems to be due to both direct light absorption (300-320 nm photons) by ozone, which produces the pollutant degradation, and light absorption by reaction intermediates. The presence of such a light notably improves the reactivity of ozone toward the organic species, leading to a faster and complete mineralization even at large initial total organic carbon values. The use of artificial sunlight (Xe lamp) is also explored. Finally, the simultaneous presence of sunlight and other ozone degradation catalyst like transition metal ions is studied, showing the beneficial effect of such a combination.

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