Photocatalytic Degradation of Polynitrophenols on Various Commercial Suspended or Deposited Titania Catalysts Using Artificial and Solar Light

Table 5

Solar degradation and mineralization kinetics (𝐾_app, 𝑟₀) of phenolic compounds.

	𝐾app⋅10^2 (mn^-1)		𝑟0 (mol/L⋅min)
	Degradation	Mineralization	Degradation	Mineralization
Phenol	0.17	0.15	0.068	0.066
4-nitrophenol (PNP)	0.42	0.23	0.105	0.083
2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP)	0.28	0.45	0.080	0.108
2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP)	0.13	0.67	0.055	0.150