Research Article

Rapid Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue under High Photon Flux UV Irradiation: Characteristics and Comparison with Routine Low Photon Flux

Table 2

Relative photonic efficiencies of photocatalytic degradation of MB with different optical path length and TiO2 concentration.

Optical path length (cm)Initial apparent photonic efficiency (%)
Photon flux
3.13 × 10−6 einstein cm−2 s−1
Photon flux
3.07 × 10−9
einstein cm−2 s−1

(i) 0.670.2352.25
(ii) 10.3022.23
(iii) 20.3292.01
(iv) 30.3351.82
(v) 40.3191.52
(vi) 50.2981.36
(vii) 60.2641.18
(viii) 70.2421.09