Removal of Toluene by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Combined with Modified Photocatalyst
The toluene being removed by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) combined with modified photocatalyst was studied in the paper. Transition metal manganese was doped into crystal lattice of TiO2 in order to improve the activity of photocatalyst, and the optimal doping ratio was confirmed in the study. As one of main factors, the influence on toluene removal efficiency of gas flow rate, initial concentration and electric field intensity was analyzed in the study. Furthermore, the energy efficiency was another important index which had been compared amongγ-Al2O3, TiO2/γ-Al2O3 and Mn-TiO2/γ-Al2O3. The result of study showed that DBD combined with Mn-TiO2/γ-Al2O3 had the best buffer action against increasing of gas flow rate and initial concentration, the energy efficiency had the tendency as Mn-TiO2/γ-Al2O3 > TiO2/γ-Al2O3>γ-Al2O3, and the optimal doping ratio of manganese was 0.01.