Photo photocatalyst

Titania photocatalyst is used for air and water purification, photo-splitting of water to produce hydrogen, odor control and disinfectant. Crystal structure and crystallite size of titania particles are one of the most important factors that affect on the photoactivity. Photoactivity of anatase is higher than that of rutile, and increases with crystallite size [1]. Therefore, to increase photoactivity, it is desirable to find a route for the synthrais of the pure anatase titania with large crystallite size. 

Figures 11.8-11.10 and Tables 11.8-11.10 explain the sono-photochemical degradation of phenol under sonicated and normal conditions and in the presence of photocatalyst (n-BuO Ti with and without Cu-Dy, Mn-Dy and Co-Dy composites respectively. These Figs. 11.8-11.10 show the percentage degradation of phenol during a period of 2 h through an interval of 30 min under sonicated, photocatalytic, sonophotocatalytic and crystal induced sono-photo-catalytic conditions.

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To be used as photocatalysts, especially in the so-called clean technologies, active materials must fulfill the following requirements (1) very low toxicity, (2) resistance to photo-corrosion, (3) high availability, (4) high catalytic efficiency, and (5) low cost. From all the materials cited above, titanium dioxide and its derivatives seem to offer the best answer to these requirements, being by far the most commonly utilized photocatalysts. To be used in gas-phase photocatalysis, in addition to the above requirements, two other conditions are still necessary, that is, a very small pressure drop and an easy recovery. 

Some photocatalysts are used to adsorb visible light and then transmit the energy of appropriate wavelength and intensity to water molecules to liberate the constituent gases. The photolysis with a photo catalyst X can be expressed as follows ... 

Applications of titania nanotube arrays have been focused up to now on (i) photoelectrochemical and water photolysis properties, (ii) dye-sensitized solar cells, (iii) photocatalysis, (iv) hydrogen sensing, self-cleaning sensors, and biosensors, (v) materials for photo- and/or electro-chromic effects, and (vi) materials for fabrication of Li-batteries and advanced membranes and/or electrodes for fuel cells. A large part of recent developments in these areas have been discussed in recent reviews.We focus here on the use of these materials as catalysts, even though results are still limited, apart from the use as photocatalysts for which more results are available. 

Better established is their use as photocatalysts, in the photoelectro-catalytic production of H2 or the elimination of pollutants, and in developing advanced electrodes for fuel cells, particularly for direct methanol or ethanol oxidation. Nevertheless, also in this case the field can be still considered to be at an earlier stage. It has been shown how several of the results have to be further demonstrated, and issues and limits better defined. However, there are clear indications that this will be a major area of research not only for this specific field, but in general for all catalysis. The recent US DoE report Catalysis for Energy also indicates that the development of better tailored nanostructures for photo- and electro-catalytic applications, particularly for better use of renewable resources, is one of the priority areas of research in catalysis and in general of science. 

It is important to emphasize that the photocatalytic reactivity of the metal ion-implanted titanium oxides under UV light (X < 380 nm) retained the same photocatalytic efficiency as the unimplanted original pure titanium oxides under the same UV light irradiation conditions. When metal ions were chemically doped into the titanium oxide photocatalyst, the photocatalytic efficiency decreased dramatically under UV irradiation due to the effective recombination of the photo-formed electrons and holes through the impurity energy levels formed by the doped metal ions within the band gap of the photocatalyst (in the case of Fig. 6)... 

Titanium dioxide (Ti02) has been attracting much attention for its important role in water photo-oxidation and photocatalyst, as well as a base material for dye-sensitized solar cells. A number of studies have been conducted on the mechanisms of interfacial photo-anodic reactions but the reported mechanisms still remain sketchy, and the detailed molecular mechanism has not yet been clarified. The main reason for confusion may arise from the possibility that the reaction mechanism depends on detailed chemical structures of the electrode surface. This implies that studies with well-defined surfaces are of key importance. 

With unimplanted or chemically doped titanium oxide photocatalysts, the photo catalytic reaction does not proceed under visible light irradiation (A > 450 nm). However, we have found that visible light irradiation of metal ion-implanted titanium oxide photocatalysts can initiate various significant photocatalytic... 

Fig. 12.2 Time dependencies of sonophotocatalytic reaction products from pure water. As powdered photocatalyst, Ti02-A (200mg, Soekawa, Commercial Reagent, rutile-rich type and specific surface area 1.9 m2/g) was used without further treatment. Liquid water (150 cm3, Wake, Distilled water for HPLC was used as reactant and was purged with argon, a Pyrex glass bulb (250-300 cm3) was used as a reactor and was placed m a temperature-controlled bath (EYELA NTT-1200 and ECS-0) all time. After the glass bulb was sealed, the irradiation was carried out under argon atmosphere at 35°C. Photo and ultrasonic irradiations were performed from one side with a 500 W xenon lamp (Ushio, UXL500D-O) and from the bottom with an ultrasonic generator (Kaijo. TA-4021-4611, 20C kHz 200 W), respectively.

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