Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1999, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1): 12-16.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1999.01.12

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THE EFFECTS OF Ag, Pd AND Ag+, Pd2+ ON PHOTODE GRADATION OF CH3CHO CATALYZED BY TiO2

YAO Xiaobin1, MA Ying2, YAO Jiannian2   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Engineering, Amakasu Chemical Industries, Japan;
    2. Institute of Photographic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
  • Received:1998-11-17 Revised:1998-11-23 Online:1999-02-20 Published:1999-02-20

Abstract: Photodegradation of CH3CHO catalyzed by TiO2 was accelerated after Ag+ or Pd2+ was added into TiO2 aqueous suspension. Under nitrogen, Ag+ and Pd2+ only acted as electron acceptors to separate electron and hole well, while under oxygen, Ag+ and Pd2+ not only acted as electron acceptors but also increased H2O2 produced by illumination in the suspension. But photocatalytic activity of TiO2 was only improved under oxygen after surface modification was used. Our results show that the concentration of H2O2 in the suspension has great effect on photodegradation of CH3CHO assisted by TiO2.

Key words: photocatalysis of TiO2, CH3CHO, surface modification, ionic effect