The role of pH in aqueous photocatalytic oxidation of β-estradiol

Tatyana  Malygina; Sergei  Preis; Juha  Kallas

doi:10.1155/s1110662x05000280

International Journal of Photoenergy (Jan 2005)

The role of pH in aqueous photocatalytic oxidation of β-estradiol

Tatyana Malygina,
Sergei Preis,
Juha Kallas

Affiliations

Tatyana Malygina: Department of Chemical Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, Lappeenranta 53851, Finland
Sergei Preis: Department of Chemical Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, Lappeenranta 53851, Finland
Juha Kallas: Department of Chemical Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, Lappeenranta 53851, Finland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/s1110662x05000280
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 187 – 191

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Experimental studies of aqueous photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) of β-estradiol in TiO2 suspensions were undertaken. The dependence of PCO efficiency and adsorption of β-estradiol on pH was studied. It was found that both the adsorption of β-estradiol and the PCO efficiency increased practically linearly with increasing concentration of OH-ions. The predominant role of direct β-estradiol oxidation with positively charged holes was thus indirectly confirmed.

Published in International Journal of Photoenergy

ISSN: 1110-662X (Print); 1687-529X (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources
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