Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1991, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 225-228.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1991.03.225

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A STUDY OF TITANIA AND DOPED IRON TRIOXIDE ULTRAFINE POWDERS BY SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY

ZHANG CHI-MING, LIU WANG, HAN MING-YONG, LI TIE-JIN, XIAO LIANG-ZHI   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China
  • Received:1989-07-25 Revised:1991-02-06 Online:1991-08-20 Published:1991-08-20

Abstract: In this paper, the TiO2 and Fe2O3:Mg:Si ultrafine powders were synthesized by the hydrolysis of metal alkoxides, and the depedence of their photocatalytic conversion efficiency to SO32- aqueous solution on their surface photovoltaic responces was studied.It was found that, because the ultrafine particles are small in diameter, the light-induced electrons and holes are very easy to be trapped.Therefore, the results are different from usual powder photocatalysts.i.e., the weaker the surface photo-voltage signal, the higher the photocatalytic activity.

Key words: titania, iron trioxide, ultrafine powder, photocatalysis, surface photovoltage spectroscopy