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, Shinya Murakami, Yoshiya Kera, Bunsho Ohtani

Chemical Communications · 2005 · 99 citations · 18 references

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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.

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