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Light-induced Degradation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids in the Presence of Titanium Dioxide

Light-induced Degradation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids in the Presence of Titanium Dioxide

Ralf Dillert, Detlef Bahnemann, Hisao Hidaka

Chemosphere. 2007 Mar;67(4):785-92.

PMID: 17126882

Abstract:

The UV-photon-induced degradation of heptafluorobutanoic acid was investigated in acidic aqueous solutions in the presence of titanium dioxide. Heptafluorobutanoic acid could be degraded with this photocatalyst in a light-induced reaction generating carbon dioxide and fluoride anions. Carbon dioxide evolution in a significant amount occurred only in the presence of molecular oxygen and the photocatalyst. The light-induced degradation of trifluoroacetic acid, pentafluoropropanoic acid, nonafluorobutanoic acid, pentadecafluorooctanoic acid, nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid, and heptadecafluorooctanesulfonic acid in the presence of titanium dioxide was also studied. The perfluorocarboxylic acids under investigation are degraded to generate CO(2) and fluoride anions while both perfluorinated sulfonic acids are persistent under the experimental conditions employed in this study. For all compounds photonic efficiencies of the mineralization reaction were estimated to be smaller than 1x10(-5). To increase the photocatalytic activity mixed systems containing homogeneous phosphotungstic acid and heterogeneous titanium dioxide catalysts were also investigated. In the mixtures of these two photocatalysts, the formation rate of CO(2) increased with illumination time.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP335671-A	Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid		335-67-1	Price

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