Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1988, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (4): 1-9.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1988.04.1

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THE PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION OF VARIOUS ORGANIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

CAI NAI-CAI, JIAN CUI-YING, DONG CHIN-HUA   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan
  • Received:1987-04-11 Revised:1987-12-07 Online:1988-11-20 Published:1988-11-20

Abstract: The rate of photocatalytic decomposition of aqueous solutions of various organic car-boxylic acids with suspended Pt/TiO2 powder was determinated and the inductive effect index of organic groups attached on the carboxylic group was calculated. It was found that the influence of the electron pulling ability of attached group on the decomposition of organic carboxylic acid is the dominating factor. A relation between the rate of photocatalytic decomposition and the molecular structure of the organic acid was observed.

Key words: photocatalytic decomposition. organic carboxylic decomposition, titanium oxide, inductive effect index