Kokorin, A.I.; Sviridova, T.V.; Konstantinova, E.A.; Sviridov, D.V.; Bahnemann, D.W.: Dynamics of photogenerated charge carriers in TiO2 /MoO3, TiO2 /WO3 and TiO2 /V2O5 photocatalysts with mosaic structure. In: Catalysts 10 (2020), Nr. 9, 1022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10091022
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Titania is a widely used photocatalytic material possessing such advantages as low cost and high reactivity under the ultraviolet light illumination. However, the fast recombination of photoexcited charge carriers limits its application. Herein, we have synthesized original nanomaterials with mosaic structures that exhibited well-defined heterojunctions and new properties. Using SEM, XRD, EPR spectroscopy, photocatalytic measurements, and photoinduced pathphysiological activity of these photocatalysts, we studied the processes of charge carrier accumulation in TiO2 /MoO3, TiO2 /WO3, and TiO2 /V2 O5 under in situ UV illumination with emphasis on the charge exchange between energy levels of these nanosized semiconductors. It is shown that the accumulation of photoinduced charges occurs in two forms (i) filled electron traps corresponding to Ti4+ /Ti3+ levels and (ii) Mo5+ centers, both forms contributing to the photoinduced biocide activity of the samples. This work demonstrates that light exposure of heterostructure photocatalysts with mosaic surfaces produces different types of charge-trapping centers capable of interacting with molecular oxygen yielding peroxo species, which provide long-life light-induced ”self-cleaning” behavior. Such photoaccumulating materials open new opportunities in developing light-driven self-sterilization structures exhibiting a prolonged bactericidal effect up to 10 h after stopping light exposure. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | |
License of this version: | CC BY 4.0 Unported |
Document Type: | Article |
Publishing status: | publishedVersion |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Appears in Collections: | Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
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