The gas-photocatalytic degradation of trichloroethylene without water

The photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethylene (TCE) without water has been studied. The degradation products were determined to be CO2, HCl and Cl2, and the reaction stoichiometry, was described as . The degradation rate was found to be linear with 0.16 power of the illumination intensity. When the TCE concentration was low (1014 mol L−1 or a little more), its degradation rate model could be considered as first order kinetics. A mechanism of valence band hole oxidation was proposed.