Mesoporous titanium oxo-phosphate(Ti-MCM)은 기존의 유기성 오염물질의 광분해제로 널리 이용되고 있는 $TiO_2$에 비해 표면적이 매우 넓은 장점이 있다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 Ti-MCM에 의한 chlorothalonil의 흡착 및 광분해 특성을 $TiO_2$와 비교하였다. 합성된 Ti-MCM은 hexagonal 형태로 d-spacing이 4.1 nm이었다. 암조건에서 $TiO_2$에 의한 chlorothalonil의 흡착은 거의 일어나지 않았으나, Ti-MCM에 의한 흡착은 반응 1시간까지 25%로 급격히 증가하여 흡착평형에 도달하였다. UV조사 하에서 반응 9시간 후의 $TiO_2$와 Ti-MCM에 의한 chlorothalonil의 제거율은 각각 88%와 100%로 나타났다. 그러나 정치상태에서의 광분해 속도는 chlorothalonil과 Ti-MCM사이의 낮은 접촉에 의한 반응성의 감소로 느린 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 Ti-MCM에 의한 chlorothalonil의 분해효율은 용액의 초기 농도가 낮을수록, pH 7까지 반응용액의 pH가 높을수록 증가하였다.
Titanium mesoporous materials have received increasing attention as a new photocatalyst in the field for photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds. The photocatalytic degradation of chlorothalonil by mesoporous titanium oxo-phoswhate (Ti-MCM) was investigated in aqueous suspension for comparison with $TiO_2$, (Degussa, P25) using as an effective photocatalyst of organic pollutants. Mesoporous form of titanium Phosphate has been prepared by reaction of sulfuric acid and titanium isopropoxide in the presence or n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide. The XRD patterns of Ti-MCM are hexagonal phases with d-spacings of 4.1 nm. Its adsorption isotherm for chlorothalonil reached at reaction equilibrium within 60 min under dark condition with 28% degradation efficiency. The degradation ratio of chlorothalonil after 9 hours under the UV radiation condition (254 nm) exhibited 100% by Ti-MCM and 88% by $TiO_2$. However, these degradation kinetics in static state showed a slow tendency compared to that of stirred state because of a low contact between titanium matrices and chlorothalonil. Also, degradation efficiency of chlorothalonil was increased with decreasing initial concentration and with increasing pH of solution. As results of this study, it was clear that mesoporous titanium oxo-phosphate with high surface area and crystallinity could be used to photo- catalytic degradation of various organic pollutants.
