Open AccessInfluence of Activated Carbon in the Photodegradation of Methylene Blue
Author(s) -
Juan Matos,
Karina Quintana,
Amauri Garcia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eurasian chemico-technological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2522-4867
pISSN - 1562-3920
DOI - 10.18321/ectj90
Subject(s) - photodegradation , methylene blue , photocatalysis , activated carbon , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , degradation (telecommunications) , reaction rate constant , photochemistry , catalysis , kinetics , adsorption , organic chemistry , physics , telecommunications , quantum mechanics , computer science
Photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) on TiO 2 in presence of activated carbons (AC) was studied. Apparent first order rate constant for the degradation of MB was higher in presence of any AC indicating that the binary materials TiO 2 -AC showed a clear enhancement in the photocatalytic activity relative to TiO 2 and this enhancement was associated with the properties of AC.