An oxynitride, TaON, as an efficient water oxidation photocatalyst under visible light irradiation (lambda < or = 500 nm)

Go Hitoki; Tsuyoshi Takata; Junko N Kondo; Michikazu Hara; Hisayoshi Kobayashi; Kazunari Domen

doi:10.1039/b202393h

An oxynitride, TaON, as an efficient water oxidation photocatalyst under visible light irradiation (lambda < or = 500 nm)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Aug 21:(16):1698-9. doi: 10.1039/b202393h.

Authors

Go Hitoki¹, Tsuyoshi Takata, Junko N Kondo, Michikazu Hara, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Kazunari Domen

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.

PMID: 12196955
DOI: 10.1039/b202393h

Abstract

Under visible light irradiation (lambda = 420-500 nm), a tantalum oxynitride, TaON, functions as a stable and very efficient photocatalyst for oxidation of water into O2 with a sacrificial electron acceptor (Ag+).