Photodegradation of 2,4-D (dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) with Rh/TiO<sub>2</sub>; comparative study with other noble metals (Ru, Pt, and Au)
G. A. Reguero-Márquez, Ma. Antonia Lunagómez-Rocha, Adrián Cervantes‐Uribe, G. Del Ángel, I. Rangel, G. Torres, Federico González, Srinivas Godavarthi, Juan Carlos Arévalo‐Pérez, A. E. Espinosa de los Monteros, Adib Abiu Silahua‐Pavón
Abstract
). The presence of metal reveals less electron-hole recombination compared with titanium oxide. The results of photocatalytic activity showed that Pt and Rh are the two metals with the highest mineralization (99.0 and 98.3%, respectively).
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PhotocatalysisPhotodegradationCatalysisNoble metalRhodiumChemistryDegradation (telecommunications)MetalNuclear chemistryBand gapMaterials sciencePhotochemistryOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryTelecommunicationsComputer scienceAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science