One-pot synthesis of peroxo-titania nanopowder and dual photochemical oxidation in aqueous methanol solution.
A sol-gel hydrothermal method was developed to synthesize peroxo-titania powders and their photooxidation performances were conducted in aqueous methanol solution under visible light irradiation. Three kinds of peroxo-titania were developed using TiO(2) and H(2)O(2) containing precursor sol with different dispersion mediums such as NH(3) aq NaOH aq, or pure water. Peroxo-titania powder prepared with NH(3) aq showed highest photooxidation activity. Moreover, we found unique photofunctional properties: together with formaldehyde production, the photo-excited electron also triggers oxygen evolution, although by TiO(2) (Degussa P-25) photocatalysis H(2) evolution was observed from the same solution.
Shankar
Muthukonda Venkatakrishnan
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Photocatalytic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan.
Kako
Tetsuya
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Wang
Defa
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Ye
Jinhua
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