Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 144, Issue 1-2, Pages 42-47Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2008.11.010
Keywords
Polyoxometalate; 2-Propanol; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; TiO2
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Commercial and home prepared TiO2 samples impregnated with tungstophosphoric acid (H3PW12O40) were used for the photo-assisted degradation of 2-propanol in gas-solid regime. The characterization results evidenced a good coverage of the polyoxometalate (POM) onto the surface of TiO2 along with a marginal effect of the presence of the POM on the specific surface area, morphology and cristallinity of the samples. Propene was the main intermediate product revealed in 2-propanol photocatalytic degradation by using as photocatalysts the samples containing the POM, whereas propanone was mainly obtained when the photocatalysts was bare TiO2, both commercial or home prepared. Acetaldehyde was also found as an intermediate product along with traces of isopropyl ether, mesityl oxide and isobutyl-methyl-ketone that were also detected as gaseous products in all the runs. Carbon dioxide and water were the ultimate oxidation products. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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