Figure 5

Photocatalytic degradation of MC-LR at pH 5.8. (a) Removal of MC-LR as a function of illumination time (initial MC-LR concentration of 250 μg L−1). (b) Comparison of adsorption with various samples after two hour illumination. (c) Comparison of MC-LR removal for Pt + MoS2 and Au/Pd + MoS2 at concentrations of 250 μg L−1 and 500 μg L−1. (d) Determination of rate constants for the photocatalytic degradation of MC-LR with Pt + MoS2 and Au/Pd + MoS2 based on the pseudo first-order kinetics. (e) XPS characterizations to show the appearance of N1s peaks in MC-LR tested samples (sample 1 and 2) in comparison to pristine samples (sample 3 and 4). Sample 1,3 and 2,4 were prepared from Mo films of 10 nm and 15 nm thickness, respectively.