Effect of active species scavengers on the MB decomposition efficiency (%D).
| Sample type | 8 wt% WO3/TiO2 | TiO2@WO3 | WO3@TiO2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %D | K a (×10−2 min−1) | R 2 | Inhibition | %D | K a (×10−2 min−1) | R 2 | Inhibition | %D | K a (×10−2 min−1) | R 2 | Inhibition | |
| Without scavenger | 94.9 | 2.48 | 0.9967 | — | 95.8 | 5.33 | 0.9986 | — | 82.5 | 1.41 | 0.993 | — |
| p-BQ | 72.0 | 1.09 | 0.9969 | −56% | 87.9 | 3.60 | 0.9931 | −32% | 76.2 | 1.20 | 0.9974 | −15% |
| Na2-EDTA | 67.0 | 0.92 | 0.9981 | −63% | 66.1 | 1.79 | 0.9941 | −66% | 71.5 | 1.05 | 0.9992 | −26% |
| IPA | 55.6 | 0.70 | 0.9969 | −72% | 42.1 | 0.91 | 0.9955 | −83% | 68.1 | 0.99 | 0.9968 | −30% |