Experimental
 parameters
Experimental
results
Pseudo-first order
 model
Experimental results Pseudo-first order model
CR BP4B
Initial pH solution
(pH)
RC BP4B ADS / % PCD /% kapp /min-1 t1/2 /min R2/% ADS/% PCD/% kapp/min-1 t1/2/min R2 /%
6 2 18.19 70.25 0.014 49.511 79.8 86.09 80.70 0.023 9.57 32.2
7 4 16.13 75.68 0.025 27.726 96.8 41.51 94.19 0.037 14.29 98.3
8 6 10.50 95.02 0.041 16.906 88.1 32.84 93.07 0.035 128.36 98.0
9 8 14.94 89.38 0.038 18.241 79.0 3.89 97.24 0.026 26.45 95.6
10 10 11.81 86.339 0.035 19.804 74.7 24.84 91.69 0.036 144.40 88.0
R2: Regression coefficient, ADS: Adsorption and PCD: Photocatalytic degradation
Table 1: Kinetic parameters of photocatalytic degradation of dyes in aqueous solution as a function of pH ([ZnO]=0.5g/L(for CR) and 1g/L (for BP4B), [CR]=[BP4B]=20mg/L, T=298K, λmax=365 nm and I=90j/cm2).