Mrowetz, Marta and Balcerski, William and Colussi, A. J. and Hoffmann, Michael R. (2004) Oxidative Power of Nitrogen-Doped TiO_2 Photocatalysts under Visible Illumination. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108 (45). pp. 17269-17273. ISSN 1520-6106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150623-154755710
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Abstract
Nitrogen doping was recently shown to extend the absorptivity of TiO_2 photocatalysts into the visible. We find that N-doped TiO_2 materials fail, however, to catalyze the oxidation of HCOO^- into CO_2^(•-), or of NH_3OH^+ into NO_3^-, under visible illumination. By N-doping anatase at ambient or high temperature according to the literature we obtained yellow powders A and H, respectively, that absorb up to ∼520 nm. Aqueous H suspensions (pH ∼ 6, 1 atm O_2) photocatalyze the oxidation of HCOO^- into CO_2^(•-) radicals at λ ∼ 330 nm, but the quantum yield of CO_2^(•-) formation at λ > 400 nm remains below ∼2 × 10^(-5) and is probably zero. A is similarly inert toward HCOO^- in the visible region and, moreover, unstable in the UV range. Thus, the holes generated on N-doped TiO_2 by visible photons are unable to oxidize HCOO^- either by direct means or via intermediate species produced in the oxidation of water or the catalyst. Reports of the bleaching of methylene blue (MB) on N-doped TiO_2, which may proceed by direct oxidative or reductive photocatalytic pathways and also by indirect photocatalysis (i.e., induced by light absorbed by MB rather than by the catalyst) even under aerobic conditions are, therefore, rather uninformative about the title issue.
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Additional Information: | © 2004 American Chemical Society. Received: July 23, 2004; In Final Form: August 30, 2004. | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Oxidative Power of Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts under Visible Illumination Marta Mrowetz, William Balcerski, A. J. Colussi, and Michael R. Hoffmann The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2004 108 (45), 17269-17273 DOI: 10.1021/jp0467090 | |||||||||
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