Elucidating the photocatalytic degradation pathway of acetaldehyde: An FTIR in situ study under atmospheric conditions

[Display omitted] • FTIR in situ reactor used for real time study of photocatalytic acetaldehyde removal. • Formation of crotonaldehyde and 3-hydroxybutanal upon adsorption of acetaldehyde on TiO2. • Acetic acid, formic acid, formaldehyde and their respective conjugated bases are found as reaction i...

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Published in:Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Vol. 106; no. 3-4; pp. 630 - 638
Main Authors: Hauchecorne, Birger, Terrens, Dieter, Verbruggen, Sammy, Martens, Johan A., Van Langenhove, Herman, Demeestere, Kristof, Lenaerts, Silvia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 11.08.2011
Elsevier
Subjects:
Acetaldehyde
Catalysis
Chemistry
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
In situ FTIR study
Photocatalysis
Photochemistry
Physical chemistry of induced reactions (with radiations, particles and ultrasonics)
Reaction pathway
Surface physical chemistry
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
In situ FTIR study
Photocatalysis
Reaction pathway
Acetaldehyde
Binary compound
Atmospheric condition
In situ
Transition element compounds
Acetate
Aldehyde
Enaldehyde
Formaldehyde
Degradation
Infrared spectrometry
Heterogeneous catalysis
Adsorption
Carboxylic acid
Formic acid
Formate
Oxidation
Acetic acid
Titanium oxide
Reactor
Environmental protection
ISSN:0926-3373, 1873-3883
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Summary:[Display omitted] • FTIR in situ reactor used for real time study of photocatalytic acetaldehyde removal. • Formation of crotonaldehyde and 3-hydroxybutanal upon adsorption of acetaldehyde on TiO2. • Acetic acid, formic acid, formaldehyde and their respective conjugated bases are found as reaction intermediates. In this paper, new insights of the photocatalytic oxidation pathway of acetaldehyde are obtained by means of an in-house constructed FTIR in situ reactor. It is shown that there are generally three different intermediates present: acetic acid, formic acid and formaldehyde. By means of FTIR in situ spectroscopy, this study revealed that these intermediates are bound on the TiO2 surface in different ways, resulting in the presence of more intermediate species, such as molecularly adsorbed acetic acid, bidentate acetate, molecularly adsorbed formic acid, monodentate formate, bidentate formate, formaldehyde and dioxymethylene. Furthermore, spectroscopic evidence is obtained concerning the formation of 3-hydroxybutanal and crotonaldehyde upon adsorption of acetaldehyde on TiO2 prior to UV illumination. The presented results thus give new insights in the photocatalytic oxidation pathway of acetaldehyde.
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ISSN:0926-3373
1873-3883
DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.06.026