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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
卷 88, 期 1-2, 页码 32-41出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.09.026
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Methylparaben; Photocatalysis; Multivariate experimental design; Mechanism
Methylparaben is widely used as a bactericide and as an antimicrobial agent in the formulation of personal care products (PCPs) such as tooth pastes, deodorants, beauty creams, solar filters, and bath gels. Owing to a certain estrogenic activity, a possible relationship with breast cancer has been proved by many researchers. Photocatalytic degradation of methylparaben was carried out in an aqueous suspension of TiO2 irradiated by ultraviolet light. A multivariable center composite design based on response surface methodology was applied to estimate the individual and interaction factors including pH, TiO2 loading, oxygen concentration and light flux. An acceptable semi-empirical expression (R-2 = 0.9896) was obtained via data analysis to predict the response of 50% methylparaben removal time, and optimal experimental conditions were also achieved thanks to the experimental design (pH 9, TiO2 loading 2.5 g L-1, dissolved oxygen concentration 18 mg L-1 and light flux 5.8 x 10(15) photophotons s(-1) cm(-2)). Under these conditions, after 6 h of irradiation, 80% of methylparaben mineralization evaluated through total organic carbon measurement was obtained and 10 photocatalytic intermediates were identified by GC-MS. In addition, a tentative reaction pathway was proposed. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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