Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1999, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 159-163.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1999.02.159

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THE EFFECT OF NOBLE METAL ON THE GENERATION OF H2O2 IN THE TiO2 AQUEOUS SUSPENSION DURING ILLUMINATION

YAO Xiao-bin1, MA Ying2, YAO Jian-nian2   

  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:1998-06-01 Revised:1998-08-25 Online:1999-05-20 Published:1999-05-20

Abstract: The effect of Ag+ and Pd2+ ion on the generation of H2O2 in the TiO2 aqueous suspension were studied and compared with the surface modification of TiO2 with Ag and Pd. The production of H2O2 under ultraviolet illumination was greatly enhanced after such noble metals were added. This effect was due to the inhibiting of recombination of electrons and holes by noble metal atoms adsorbed on TiO2 surface. But the amount of H2O2 generated in Pd2+/TiO2 aqueous suspension was not as large as that in Pd/TiO2 system during the first ten minutes of illumination. The slow reduction of Pd2+ under ultraviolet illumination to Pd leads to such results.

Key words: TiO2, modified by noble metal, addition of ion, H2O2