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. 2019 Feb 12;9(2):250. doi: 10.3390/nano9020250

Table 3.

The second-order rate constant (k2) values for the photocatalytic degradation of MB.

4 mg·L−1 4 mg·L−1 4 mg·L−1 7 mg·L−1 7 mg·L−1 7 mg·L−1 9 mg·L−1 9 mg·L−1 9 mg·L−1
K2 (min−1) qe (mg·g−1) R2 K2 (min−1) qe (mg·g−1) R2 K2 (min−1) qe (mg·g−1) R2
PES 0.003 7.52 0.979 0.001 7.57 0.778 0.0003 18.18 0.397
UV-irr. PES 0.004 6.06 0.999 0.00002 60.24 0.859 0.0066 14.28 0.996
TiO2/PES 0.005 10.43 0.998 0.007 30.30 0.999 0.0018 29.41 0.992
UV-irr. TiO2/PES 0.003 19.37 0.996 0.00086 36.36 0.999 0.0007 50 0.999