Abstract:The paper describes the system, the procedure and the first results of a series of experiments of photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds (phenols and pyridines) carried out using commercial P-25 TiO 2 as catalyst and commercial LEDs as light sources. A relevant amount of organic products (more than 50%) is converted to CO 2 and aliphatic alcohols and carboxylic acids are formed as intermediates. Typically, in the case of phenols the degradation times are doubled (from 200 to 400 minutes) by comparing … Show more
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