“…Thus, methyl iodide (MI), isopropanol (i-PrOH), methyl viologen (MV), and p-benzoquinone (p-BQ) were separately examined as specific scavengers for the trapping of h þ VB , OH Á , e À CB , and O :À 2 , respectively. 7,13,36 The concentrations of the scavengers were kept constant (1 Â 10 À5 M) upon the comparison, as displayed in Figure 14, while keeping the other parameters to be constant ([Cat] = 1 g/L, pH = 4, [RB] = 1 Â 10 À5 M). It was found that the lowest activity was observed in the presence of p-benzoquinone indicating the O :À 2 radicals are the most producible reactive species in the photodegradation of RB using the as-fabricated QPP/TiO 2 nanoparticles.…”