The compound 1,4-dioxane (DO) irritates the eyes, skin, and mucous membrane and is classified as a carcinogen. In this study, the decomposition of DO by photocatalytic reaction using liquid phase plasma (LPP) with photocatalyst was suggested. Plasma was directly discharged as an aqueous DO solution to enhance photocatalytic decomposition activity. To increase the decomposition efficiency of DO by plasma, bismuth ferrite (BFO) prepared by a sol-gel method was introduced as a visible-light photocatalyst. In the application of LPP and BFO photocatalyst, the decomposition of DO by photocatalytic reaction was evaluated. BFO showed UV-vis diffusion reflectance spectroscopy results of absorption of UV and visible light over 600 nm, with a bandgap of approximately 2.2 eV. BFO showed visible light photochemical reaction characteristics to decompose particulate matter (PM) in the irradiation of 6 W visible light LED lamps. It seems that the narrow bandgap of BFO led to the photocatalytic activity in the visible light. In the decomposition reaction of DO with a photocatalyst and LPP, BFO showed better decomposition efficiency than TiO. BFO can cause photocatalytic reactions in both UV and visible light in the case of LPP irradiation, which emits strong ultraviolet and visible light.
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