A Full-Spectrum Visible-Light-Responsive Organophotocatalyst Film for Removal of Trimethylamine
A Full-Spectrum Visible-Light-Responsive Organophotocatalyst Film for Removal of Trimethylamine
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DOI:
10.1002/cssc.201100064
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
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影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Imaya, Hiroshi
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作者:
Nagai, Keiji;Abe, Toshiyuki;Imaya, Hiroshi
The photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds on a TiO2 semiconductor surface under UV irradiation offers a practical solution to a variety of environmental problems.[1, 2] However, a major disadvantage is its ineffectiveness under visible light: the band gap of anatase TiO2 is 3.3 eV, which requires wavelengths of< 380 nm for excitation. Less than 5% of the solar flux incident on the Earth’s surface lies within this regime. Organic as well as inorganic materials are candidates for the photocatalytic conversion of visible light into solar energy.[3–6] A number of recently developed photocatalysts exhibit a high reactivity under visible light,[7–10] while a few of them are active at low levels of illumination, such a interior lighting. Furthermore, several visible-light-activated photocatalysts have been developed to cover the entire visible region up to 750 nm, and their photocatalytic quantum efficiencies decrease in the longwavelength region of the visible spectrum.[3, 10] An organic p/n bilayer composed of a perylene derivative (3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxyl-bisbenzimidazole, PTCBI) and phthalocyanine (H2Pc) is typically used as a photovoltaic material in dry systems,[11–14] and we have found that this combination acts as a mirror for infrared light based on free electrons in PTCBI,[15] that is, it works without contact electrodes. In wet, deaerated conditions the ITO/PTCBI/H2Pc/electrolyte and ITO/H2Pc/PTCBI/electrolyte combinations function as photoanode and photocathode, respectively.[16] Moreover, oxygen evolution occurs with a small bias (ca.+ 0.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl) under visible-light illumination, particularly by loading an iridium oxide catalyst on the H2Pc surface [17] or inserting a cobalt ion into phthalocyanine, with a catalytic turnover number of 3.5 103.[18] Despite tremendous efforts to create a photochemical energy conversion system ever since Honda and Fujishima reported photoelectrochemical water splitting by a UV-responsive TiO2 electrode,[19] these are the first examples of stoichiometric water splitting induced by an organic semiconductor under visible-light irradiation. The oxygen evolution indicates the stability of the organic materials in an aqueous phase as well as in an oxidative environment.