Roles of UV light strength and auxiliary electric field in the photocatalytic degradation effect of organic contaminant

The accumulation of contaminants on the electrical devices could adversely affect the operation. The present work used photocatalytic functional material to coat on the surface of the electrical devices to prevent the influence of organic contamination. This kind of material was mainly composed of T...

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Published in:High voltage 2019-06, Vol.4 (2), p.113-121
Main Authors: YaoYu, Lin, YanXiang, Ma, XingMing, Bian, PengCheng, Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
auxiliary electric field
dyes
electron–hole pairs
methyl orange
organic contaminant
organic contamination
oxidation
photocatalysis
photocatalysts
photocatalytic degradation effect
photocatalytic effect
photocatalytic functional material
photodissociation
photooxidation
Research Article
TiO
TiO2
titanium compounds
UV light strength
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Summary:The accumulation of contaminants on the electrical devices could adversely affect the operation. The present work used photocatalytic functional material to coat on the surface of the electrical devices to prevent the influence of organic contamination. This kind of material was mainly composed of TiO2 that can remove the contamination by the effect of photooxidation. The photocatalysis was affected by the strength of UV light and electric field. In the experiment, methyl orange (MO) was used as the organic contaminant. The effect of UV light and auxiliary electric field were analysed based on the theoretical simulation. With the stronger UV light, more electron–hole pairs were generated, photocatalytic effect became more pronounced. With the auxiliary electric field, the recombination of electron and hole could be restrained that would increase the productive rate of hole; therefore, more hydroxyl radical will be produced to degrade MO.
ISSN:2397-7264
2397-7264
DOI:10.1049/hve.2019.0018