Characterizing the optimal operation of photocatalytic degradation of BDE-209 by nano-sized TiO_2

作     者：Ka Lai Chow Yu Bon Man Jin Shu Zheng Yan Liang Nora Fung Yee Tam Ming Hung Wong 

作者机构：Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences and Department of Biology Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China Department of Biology and Chemistry City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第24卷第9期

页      面：1670-1678页

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学科分类：083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

基　　金：support from the Area of Excellence (CityU MERIT) Scheme Hong Kong Research Grants Council is gratefully acknowledged 

主　　题：PBDEs TiO2 photocatalysis hydroxyl radicals 

摘      要：Brominated flame retardants have been widely used in industry. There is a rapid growing public concern for their availabilities in the environment. Advanced oxidation process （AOP） is a promising and efficient technology which may be used to remove emerging chemicals such as brominated flame retardants. This study aims at investigating optimal operational conditions for the removal of BDE-209 using nano-scaled titanium（IV） oxide. The residual PBDE congeners after photocatalytical degradation of BDE-209 by TiO2 were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. It was found that the degradability of BDE-209 by TiO2 was attributed to its photocatalytic activity but not the small size of the particles. The half-life of removing BDE-209 by TiO2 was 3.05 days under visible light. Tetra- and penta-BDEs were the major degraded products of BDE-209. Optimum conditions for photocatalytical degradation of BDE-209 was found to be at pH 12 （93% ± 1%）, 5, 10, 20 mg/L （93.0% ± 1.70%, 91.6% ± 3.21%, 91.9% ± 0.952%, respectively）, respectively of humic acid and in the form of anatase/rutile TiO2 （82% ± 3%）. Hence, the efficiency of removing BDE-209 can be maximized while being cost effective at the said operating conditions.