Quantitative measurements of photocatalytic CO-oxidation as a function of light intensity and wavelength over TiO2 nanotube thin films in μ-reactors

Peter C.K. Vesborg, Su Il In, Jakob L. Olsen, Toke R. Henriksen, Billie L. Abrams, Yidong Hou, Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein, Ole Hansen, Ib Chorkendorff

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Abstract

Gas-phase photooxidation of CO over TiO2 catalysts (P25 and TiO2 nanotubes) in μ-reactors with quantitative product detection was used to study turnover as a function of illumination intensity over 4 orders of magnitude. Turnover was found to be of order 0.84 in illumination intensity. A CO photooxidation action spectrum was also recorded for TiO2 nanotubes. The action spectrum was used to calculate both the incident photon to product efficiency (IPPE) and the absorbed photon to product efficiency (APPE). The wavelength dependence of the IPPE was found to follow the absorption spectrum while the APPE was found to have a peak around 345 nm with a value of about 0.8%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11162-11168
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume114
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2010

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