title: Photocatalytic decomposition of cortisone acetate in aqueous solution.
abstract: The photocatalytic decomposition of cortisone 21-acetate (CA), a model compound for the commonly used steroid, cortisone, was studied. CA was photocatalytically decomposed in a slurry reactor with the initial rates between 0.11 and 0.46 mg L(-1)min(-1) at 10 mg L(-1) concentration, using the following heterogeneous photocatalysts in decreasing order of their catalytic activity: ZnO>Evonik TiO2 P25>Hombikat TiO2>WO3. Due to the lack of ZnO stability in aqueous solutions, TiO2 P25 was chosen for further experiments. The decomposition reaction was found to be pseudo-first order and the rate constant decreased as a function of increasing initial CA concentration. Changing the initial pH of the CA solution did not affect the reaction rate significantly. The decomposition reaction in the presence of the oxidizing sacrificial agent sodium persulfate showed an observed decomposition rate constant of 0.004 min(-1), lower than that obtained for TiO2 P25 (0.040 min(-1)). The highest photocatalytic degradation rate constant was obtained combining both TiO2 P25 and S2O8(2-) (0.071 min(-1)) showing a synergistic effect. No reactive intermediates were detected using LC-MS showing fast photocatalytic decomposition kinetics of CA.
authors: PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Meander 229, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors: Joana Sobral
authors: JS
authors: Romão
authors: PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Meander 229, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors: Mohamed S
authors: MS
authors: Hamdy
authors: PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Meander 229, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Electronic address: g.mul@utwente.nl.
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Mul
authors: PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Meander 229, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.baltrusaitis@utwente.nl.
authors: Jonas
authors: J
authors: Baltrusaitis
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003348:Cortisone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008027:Light; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D017670:Sodium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D016877:Oxidants; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D012996:Solutions; D013431:Sulfates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium; C024625:sodium persulfate; D015034:Zinc Oxide; D003348:Cortisone
keywords: Cortisone; Kinetics; Metal oxides; Photocatalysis