Water Photolysis by Titanates with Tunnel Structures

Water Photolysis by Titanates with Tunnel Structures... 

In the development of meta oxiae photocata-ysts with high and stable photocatalytic activity for water decomposition, the establishment of a correlation betweer photocatalytically active sites and metal oxide structures is desirable. In particular, it is important to see how the local structures of metal oxides are associated with the essential steps such as photoexcitation, the transfei of excited charges to the surface, and reduction/oxidation of adsorbec reactants. This chapter deals with photolysis of water by titanates with tunnel structures. The roles of tunnel-related local structures ir the photocatalysis and of Ru02 promoters loaded on the titanates are presented. 

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