title: Understanding selective enhancement by silver during photocatalytic oxidation.
abstract: The superiority of silver deposited titania particles over bare titania particles for the photocatalytic oxidation of selected organic compounds is explained: the presence of silver mainly enhances the photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds that are predominantly oxidised by holes, while it has only an insignificant effect on those organic compounds that require hydroxyl radicals for their mineralisation.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Hoang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amal