Enhancement of TiO2 photocatalytic activity by structuring the photocatalyst film as photonic sponge

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 931-935

  Carbonell, Esther ^a   Ramiro Manzano, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez, Isabelle ^a   Corma, Avelino ^a   Meseguer, Francisco ^a   García, Hermenegildo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; NITRILE; POLYSTYRENE; SUCCINONITRILE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILM; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 48549099819     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b801954a     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. M. A. Fox M. T. Dulay Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Chem. Rev. 1993 93 341 357
2. 2) Chem. Mater. 1993 5 280 283
3. 2 J. Phys. Chem. B 2004 108 19384 19387
4. 2-supported Y-zeolites J. Photochem. Photobiol., C 2003 4 5 18
5. H. Kisch W. Macyk Visible-light photocatalysis by modified titania ChemPhysChem 2002 3 399 400
6. 2 photocatalysts able to operate under visible light irradiation for the reduction of environmental toxins on a global scale Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 2000 130A 157 166
7. R. Asahi T. Morikawa T. Ohwaki K. Aoki Y. Taga Visible-light photocatalysis in nitrogen-doped titanium oxides Science 2001 293 269 271
8. 2 photocatalysts J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2005 173 13 20
9. S. Livraghi M. C. Paganini E. Giamello A. Selloni C. Di Valentin G. Pacchioni Origin of photoactivity of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide under visible light J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 128 15666 15671
10. 2 photocatalyst J. Phys. Chem. B 2005 109 24260 24267
11. E. Borgarello J. Kiwi M. Gratzel E. Pelizzetti M. Visca Visible-Light Induced Water Cleavage in Colloidal Solutions of Chromium-Doped Titanium-Dioxide Particles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982 104 2996 3002
12. 2-Y-Zeolite and MCM41 encapsulating photosensitive molecules: design of new photocatalysts Res. Chem. Intermed. 2004 30 207 233
13. D. G. Shchukin R. A. Caruso Template synthesis and photocatalytic properties of porous metal oxide spheres formed by nanoparticle infiltration Chem. Mater. 2004 16 2287 2292
14. M. A. Carreon S. Y. Choi M. Mamak N. Chopra G. A. Ozin Pore architecture affects photocatalytic activity of periodic mesoporous nanocrystalline anatase thin films J. Mater. Chem. 2007 17 82 89
15. J.-M. Wu B. Huang M. Wang A. Osaka Titania nanoflowers with high photocatalytic activity J. Am. Ceramic Soc. 2006 89 2660 2663
16. 2 through spatial structuring and particle size control: from subnanometric to submillimetric length scale Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2008 10 769 783
17. J. I. L. Chen G. von Freymann V. Kitaev G. A. Ozin Effect of Disorder on the Optically Amplified Photocatalytic Efficiency of Titania Inverse Opals J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007 129 1196 1202
18. J. I. L. Chen G. von Freymann S. Y. Choi V. Kitaev G. A. Ozin Amplified photochemistry with slow photons Adv. Mater. 2006 18 1915 1919
19. Y. Li T. Kunitake S. Fujikawa Efficient Fabrication and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities of 3D-Ordered Films of Titania Hollow Spheres J. Phys. Chem. B 2006 110 13000 13004
20. M. C. Carbajo E. Enciso M. J. Torralvo Synthesis and characterisation of macro-mesoporous titania Colloid Surf. A 2007 293 72 79
21. I. Rodriguez F. Ramiro-Manzano P. Atienzar J. M. Martinez F. Meseguer H. Garcia A. Corma Solar energy harvesting in photoelectrochemical solar cells J. Mater. Chem. 2007 17 3205 3209
22. F. Ramiro-Manzano P. Atienzar I. Rodriguez F. Meseguer H. Garcia A. Corma Apollony photonic sponge based photoelectrochemical solar cells Chem. Commun. 2007 242 244
23. F. Ramiro-Manzano P. Atienzar I. Rodriguez F. Meseguer H. Garcia A. Corma Apollony photonic sponge based photoelectrochemical solar cells Chem. Commun. 2007 3 242 244
24. M. P. Vanalbada B. A. Vantiggelen A. Lagendijk A. Tip Speed of Propagation of Classical Waves in Strongly Scattering Media Phys. Rev. Lett. 1991 66 3132 3135
25. A. Z. Genack Optical-Transmission in Disordered Media Phys. Rev. Lett. 1987 58 2043 2046