Photodecomposition Profile of Organic Material during the Partial Solar Eclipse of 9 March 2016 and Its Correlation with Organic Material Concentration and Photocatalyst Amount

Abstract

The present study investigated the photodecomposition of an organic material during the partial (88.76%) solar eclipse phenomenon of 9 March 2016 in Bandung, Indonesia. Curcumin and anatase titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) particles were used as models of organic material and photocatalyst, respectively. The influence of the process parameters (i.e., curcumin concentration and the amount of TiO 2 ) on the photodecomposition process was also investigated. The results showed that the curcumin was decomposed along with the solar light irradiation time. During the solar eclipse, the photodecomposition rate is suddenly down. The partial solar eclipse provided a slower photodecomposition process than the process under sunny days (conducted on 8 and 10 March 2016). The concentration of curcumin and the amount of TiO 2 also have played an important role in the photodecomposition, in which the lower concentration of curcumin and the higher amount of TiO 2 have a correlation to the obtainment of higher photodecomposition rate.

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