Description of Desorption Kinetics at the Solid/Solution Interface Based on the Statistical Rate Theory

Abstract

Desorption is one of the popular methods for the design and regeneration of catalysts. For better understanding and modeling of this process, it is important to have models with theoretical basis. In the present work, the statistical rate theory (SRT) approach was used for the description of desorption kinetics at the solid/solution interface. Based on the SRT approach, two rate equations at initial times of desorption have been derived. A comparison between these two rate equations was done based on numerically generated kinetic data points ( t, q) by the SRT equation. On the basis of experimental data, it has been shown that the kinetics of desorption can be analyzed by the SRT rate equation. Also, the experimental data approve the accuracy of derived rate equations at initial times of desorption.