Photocatalytic degradation of carbamate insecticides: effect of different parameters
Abstract
Photocatalytic degradation of a model compound of the carbamate insecticide
carbofuran in water was studied using polychromatic light and ZnO and TiO2 catalysts.
The influence of operational parameters, such as reaction time and initial carbofuran
concentration, on photocatalytic degradation was studied. A pseudo-first-order kinetic
model was established and an almost complete removal of 88.4 mg L–1 of carbofuran
occurred within 2 h under optimized conditions. The reactions were examined by UV
spectroscopy and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In addition,
the photocatalytic efficiencies of ZnO and TiO2 were compared under the same
reaction conditions.
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