Review Article
Influencing Parameters in the Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Effluent via Nanometal Oxide Catalyst: A Review
Table 1
Comparison of photocatalytic activity of nanocatalyst at different initial pollutant concentration.
| Light source | Catalyst preparation method | Catalyst used | Organic pollutant | Initial pollutant concentration | Irradiation time (min) | Degradation efficiency (%) | Reference |
| Solar radiation | Sol-gel method | TiO2 | 2-Chlorophenol | 50 mg/lit | 90 | 100 |
[47] | 100 mg/lit | 120 | 100 | 150 mg/lit | 120 | 100 |
| Solar radiation | Sol-gel method | TiO2 | 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 50 mg/lit | 100 | 100 |
[47] | 100 mg/lit | 120 | 100 | 150 mg/lit | 120 | 100 |
| Solar radiation | Sol-gel method | TiO2 | 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 50 mg/lit | 120 | 100 |
[47] | 100 mg/lit | 120 | 100 | 150 mg/lit | 120 | 100 |
| 100 W mercury lamp | Sol-gel method | Codoped TiO2 | 2-Chlorophenol | 12.5 ppm |
180 | 100 |
[48] | 25 ppm | 95 | 50 ppm | 90 | 75 ppm | 80 |
| UV radiation | P25 | TiO2 | Victoria blue R | 0.5 g/L |
720 | 100 |
[49] | 1.5 g/L | 50 | 2.5 g/L | 30 |
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