Pentose Acting as a Sacrificial Multielectron Source in Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water by Pt-doped TiO2

Tsutomu Shiragami, Takayuki Tomo, Hikaru Tsumagari, Ryota Yuki, Toshiaki Yamashita, Masahide Yasuda

Chemistry Letters · 2011 · 32 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Abstract Photocatalytic reaction was performed by irradiation of Pt-doped TiO2 in an aqueous solution of xylose acting as a sacrificial reagent to evolve hydrogen, whose amounts reached 8.6 equivalents to the xylose used.

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