Sf. Chen et al., PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF ORGANOPHOSPHOROS PESTICIDES USING TIO2 SUPPORTED ON FIBERGLASS, Microchemical journal, 54(1), 1996, pp. 54-58
This paper studies the feasibility of photocatalytic degradation of or
ganophosphoros pesticides using supported TiO2 as a catalyst, which is
prepared by thermal decomposition and calcination of colloidal soluti
on made from hydrolysis of titanium tetraisopropoxide [Ti(iso-OC3H7)(4
)] on fiberglass cloth. The results show that 0.65 x 10(-4) mol/dm(3)
of dichlorvos, monocrotophos, phorate, and parathion can be completely
photocatalytically degraded into PO43- after 200 min illumination wit
h a 375 W medium pressure mercury lamp; the TiO2 supported on the fibe
rglass is not easily removed and after 120 h illumination there is no
significant loss of photocatalytic activity of TiO2. (C) 1996 Academic
Press, Inc.