Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
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Hydrothermal synthesis of visible light-sensitive conduction band-controlled tungsten-doped titanium dioxide photocatalysts with copper ion-grafts
Lei NITaiki KITTANaoya KUMAGAIBunsho OHTANIKazuhito HASHIMOTOHiroshi IRIE
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2013 Volume 121 Issue 1415 Pages 563-567

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We prepared titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysts sensitive to visible light, namely copper(II) [Cu(II)]-grafted tungsten and gallium co-doped TiO2 (Ti1−3xWxGa2xO2, x value is up to 0.12), based on the concept of narrowing the band gap of TiO2 by positively shifting its conduction band (CB) edge to a lower energy level and the catalytic multi-electron reduction of oxygen by Cu(I) ions [H. Yu, H. Irie, K. Hashimoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 6898 (2010)]. Using this approach, the optical band-gap energy of TiO2 was decreased to ~2.8 eV, and band-gap narrowing was confirmed by measuring the action spectrum for oxygen evolution from water in the presence of iron ions [Fe(III), from FeCl3]. The Cu(II)-grafted Ti1−3xWxGa2xO2 (x = 0.12) photocatalyst effectively decomposed 2-propanol to carbon dioxide (CO2) via acetone under visible light (400–530 nm, 1 mW/cm2) with a CO2-generation rate of 0.30 µmol/h. Grafting Cu(II) ions after the hydrochloric acid treatment of Ti1−3xWxGa2xO2 (x = 0.12) increased the CO2-generation rate to 0.40 µmol/h.

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