Sensitizers on Inorganic Carriers for Decomposition of the Chemical Warfare Agent Yperite

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• 作者：Bogdan Cojocaru ; Vasile I. Parvulescu ; Elena Preda ; Gabriel Iepure ; Vasile Somoghi ; Esther Carbonell ; Mercedes Alvaro ; Hermenegildo Garc&#xed ; a
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：July 1, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：42
• 期：13
• 页码：4908 - 4913
• 全文大小：1417K
• 年卷期：v.42,no.13(July 1, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Sulfur-containing compounds, such as mercaptans, alkali sulfides, alkali sulfites, and alkali thiosulfates, are byproducts of industrial processes and pollutants of waste and natural waters. Other sulfur-containing compounds such as yperite are dangerous chemical weapons. Efficient photocatalytic decomposition of these molecules is a process that can find applications in emergency situations or for the controlled destruction of chemical warfare stockpiles. A series of heterogeneous photocatalysts consisting of a metal phthalocyanine or 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium as photoactive components encapsulated inside the cavities of zeolite Y or the mesoporous channels of MCM-41 or supported on silica or titania−silica was tested for the photocatalytic decomposition of yperite. Two types of photoreactors, either an open reactor naturally aerated or a closed quartz tube with a constant airflow using UV or visible ambient light, were used. These tests demonstrated that iron and manganese phthalocyanine and 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium embedded in NaY or titania−silica can be suitable solid photocatalysts for the degradation of yperite using UV and visible irradiation.