Selective photocatalytic reduction of nitrate to nitrogen molecules in an aqueous suspension of metal-loaded titanium(IV) oxide particles

Hiroshi Kominami; Takao Nakaseko; Yumiko Shimada; Akitoshi Furusho; Hiroyuki Inoue; Shin-Ya Murakami; Yoshiya Kera; Bunsho Ohtani

doi:10.1039/b502909k

Selective photocatalytic reduction of nitrate to nitrogen molecules in an aqueous suspension of metal-loaded titanium(IV) oxide particles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jun 21:(23):2933-5. doi: 10.1039/b502909k. Epub 2005 Jun 21.

Authors

Hiroshi Kominami¹, Takao Nakaseko, Yumiko Shimada, Akitoshi Furusho, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shin-Ya Murakami, Yoshiya Kera, Bunsho Ohtani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan. hiro@apch.kindai.ac.jp

PMID: 15957030
DOI: 10.1039/b502909k

Abstract

Nitrate was photocatalytically reduced to nitrogen molecules with a high selectivity in a basic aqueous suspension of palladium and copper-loaded titanium(IV) oxide powders in the presence of oxalate anion as a hole scavenger.