Synthesis and Characterization of Ag-Modified V₂O₅ Photocatalytic Materials

Table 4

Kinetic rate constant () for photocatalytic formulations as a function of the silver load, determined using a nonlinear least squares data treatment [31].

Photocatalyst	% of degradation (UV-Vis)	% of degradation (TOC)	(min^−1)
V2O5	80.4	69.9
V2O5-1Ag	52.8	67.5
V2O5-5Ag	56.3	54.3
V2O5-10Ag	56.9	56.0
V2O5-15Ag	59.7	73.9
V2O5-20Ag	84.2	74.4