Research Article
Photocatalytic Degradation of Polynitrophenols on Various Commercial Suspended or Deposited Titania Catalysts Using Artificial and Solar Light
Table 1
Physicochemical characteristics of polynitrophenols.
| Compound | Mw (g/mol) | (nm) | () | pKa | pH |
| Phenol
| 94.11
| 270 | 0.0153
| 9.20
| 6.7
| 4-nitrophenol (PNP) | 139.11 | 317
| 0.0623 | 7.16 | 5.8 | 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) | 184.11 | 260 | 0.0560 | 4.00 | 5.3 | 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) | 229.11 | 356 | 0.0461 | 0.80 | 4.0 |
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