{"id":302361,"date":"2016-10-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=c96448a625d77225be4422d596bcff5d"},"modified":"2016-10-17T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T23:00:00","slug":"an-introduction-to-photocatalysis-through-methylene-blue-photodegradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=302361","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to photocatalysis through methylene blue photodegradation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We described a simple experimental set-up for lab work on the photocatalytic degradation of<br \/>\nmethylene blue by TiO 2 nanoparticles. The photocatalysis process can be used for many applications.<br \/>\nTreatments for diluted wastewater industries, air purifying in underground car parks, and preventing<br \/>\nfouling on glass surfaces, are some of the potential applications of this phenomenon. The described<br \/>\nexperiment is easy to perform and the interpretation can be easily adapted to different levels of<br \/>\nstudents, from high school students demonstrating their interest in sustainable development, to<br \/>\nstudents obtaining a Masters in science departments who want to propose a full explanation for all<br \/>\nphenomena of the photocatalytic process. Starting with a description of the experimental set-up, we<br \/>\nanalysed the photocatalyst nanoparticles and applied the Langmuir\u2013Hinshelwood model to our<br \/>\nexperimental data. Finally we briefly discussed the respective energetic levels of the photocatalyst<br \/>\nsemi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We described a simple experimental set-up for lab work on the photocatalytic degradation of<br \/>\nmethylene blue by TiO 2 nanoparticles. The photocatalysis process can be used for many applications.<br \/>\nTreatments for diluted wastewater industries, air purifyi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-302361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}