title: Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH3over Photocatalysts (Photo-SCR): Mechanistic Investigations and Developments.
abstract: This account describes the work of our group in the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with ammonia over heterogeneous photocatalysts (photo-SCR) in the past 16 years. We have found that the photo-SCR proceeds over heterogeneous photocatalysts using a gas flow reactor, elucidated the reaction mechanism under UV- and visible-light irradiation by spectroscopic and kinetic studies, and developed a highly active photo-SCR system by improving the photocatalyst material itself and the reaction system with several approaches based on the reaction mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.|Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.|Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teramura
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. tanakat@moleng.kyoto-.ac.jp.|Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan. tanakat@moleng.kyoto-.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
keywords: ammonia; nitrogen oxides; photocatalysis; reduction; supported catalysts