Enhancement of photocatalytic oxygen evolution in aqueous TiO₂suspensions by removal of surface-OH groups

1 January 1984

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 24,p. 1629-1630
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840001629

Abstract

The activity of TiO₂ particles for photocatalytic oxygen evolution in the presence of Ag⁺ ions as an electron acceptor is increased 10 times by the removal of surface hydroxy groups through thermal treatment.

Keywords

AQUEOUS
OXYGEN EVOLUTION
PHOTOCATALYTIC OXYGEN
TREATMENT
THERMAL
SUSPENSIONS

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Enhancement of photocatalytic oxygen evolution in aqueous TiO₂suspensions by removal of surface-OH groups