Monopersulfate photocatalysis under 365 nm radiation. Direct oxidation and monopersulfate promoted photocatalysis of the herbicide tembotrione Rodríguez Solís, Rafael Rivas, F. Javier Tierno, Mercedes Tembotrione Monopersulfate Oxone Photocatalysis UVA radiation Authors thank economic support received from Gobierno de Extremadura and CICYT of Spain through Projects GRU10012 and CTQ2012-35789-C02-01, respectively. Mr. Rafael Rodríguez Solís also thanks Gobierno de Extremadura, Consejería de Empleo, Empresa e Innovación, and FSE Funds for his Ph.D. grant (PD12058). Oxone® (potassium monopersulfate, MPS) has been used to oxidize the herbicide tembotrione in aqueous solution. Tembotrione elimination kinetics by MPS direct oxidation has been studied. The influence of the main operating variables affecting the process (MPS concentration, temperature and pH) has been evaluated. The process follows 2/3 and first orders in MPS and tembotrione concentrations, respectively. Optimal pH is located around circumneutral conditions. MPS decomposition in the presence of 365 nm UVA radiation and titanium dioxide has also been studied. A kinetic mechanism that simulates MPS decomposition has been proposed, showing the positive effect of titania load and MPS concentration. The system MPS/UVA/TiO2 significantly improves tembotrione and mineralization rate abatement if compared to runs conducted in the absence of MPS. Tembotrione total abatement was achieved in 20 min when 0.05 g L−1 of titania and 10−4 M of Oxone® were used. TOC conversion was roughly 70% in 90 min under similar operating conditions. An experimental design (Plackett-Burman) has been considered to study the influence of the main variables affecting tembotrione photocatalytic oxidation promoted by MPS. 2024-01-10T09:01:27Z 2024-01-10T09:01:27Z 2016-08-05 journal article Published version: Rodríguez Solís, R. et al. Monopersulfate photocatalysis under 365 nm radiation. Direct oxidation and monopersulfate promoted photocatalysis of the herbicide tembotrione. Journal of Environmental Management 181, 2016, 385-394. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.061] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86677 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.061 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional