Photocatalytic decomposition of acetaldehyde under visible light irradiation over La3+ and N co-doped TiO2

Sakatani Y; Nunoshige J; Ando H; Okusako K; Koike H; Takata T; Kondo JN; Hara M; Domen K

Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.12, 1156-1157, 2003

DOI10.1246/cl.2003.1156 Export Citation

Photocatalytic decomposition of acetaldehyde under visible light irradiation over La3+ and N co-doped TiO2

Sakatani Y, Nunoshige J, Ando H, Okusako K, Koike H, Takata T, Kondo JN, Hara M, Domen K

La3+ and N co-doped TiO2, which contained paramagnetic N species, decomposed acetaldehyde under visible light irradiation. The number of the paramagnetic N species seemed to control the absorption of visible light and the activity.