A modified Langmuir-Hinshelwood model based on intrinsic reactions was proposed. Similar to the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model, the modified model predicts that both the reciprocal of reaction rate constant 1/k r and the adsorption rate constant K s are linearly proportional to the reciprocal of the square root of light intensity 1/I 1/2 . The validity of the modified kinetic model was verified with the experimental data of dimethyl phthalate (DMP) degradation.Keywords Photocatalysis Á Langmuir-Hinshelwood Á Kinetic model
InstructionLangmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) kinetics is the most commonly used expression to explain the kinetics of the heterogeneous photocatalytic process [1]. It is given by:where r represents is the rate of reaction, k r is the apparent reaction rate constant, K s is the adsorption rate constant and C is the substrate concentration [2]. While widely cited in photocatalysis, flaws have been found with this model. Hoffmann found the L-H parameters k r and K s had a negative correlation [3], but the simple L-H kinetic model couldn't explain this. Several research groups observed that k r and 1/K s varied with light intensity to the same exponent, which may be 1.0 (very low intensity) or 0.5 (high intensity) [3,4]. As a parameter reflecting adsorptive affinity of a substrate on TiO 2 surface, K s should not vary with