Review Article

Influencing Parameters in the Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Effluent via Nanometal Oxide Catalyst: A Review

Table 6

Dependence of photocatalytic activity on catalyst loading.

Source of catalystLight sourceCatalyst preparation methodCatalyst usedOrganic pollutantCatalyst concentrationIrradiation timeDegradation efficiency (%)Reference

TiCl4  and cobalt(III)
2,4-pentanedionate
UV radiationSol-gel methodCodoped TiO22-Chlorophenol10 mg/L3 h96.4[57]

100 W mercury lampSol-gel methodCodoped TiO22-ChlorophenolNo catalyst180 min10 [48]
550
1090
3090