Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 1861.

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Effect of Platinum Loading on Lifetime of Photogenerated Charge Carriers of TiO2 Studied by Time-resolved Photoconductivity

ZHANG Wen1, WANG Xu-Xu2, FU Xian-Zhi2   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry & Material Science,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China;
    2. Research Institute of Photocatalysis,College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,Fuzhou University,Fuzhou 350002,China
  • Received:2004-12-14 Online:2005-10-10 Published:2005-10-10

Abstract: Time-resolved photoconductivity(TRPC) was used to study the photoconductivity decay of TiO2 and the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers.Also,we investigated the influence of platinum loading on the characters of the photogenerated charge carriers of TiO2.The results showed that the decay tendency of TiO2 was delayed with the increase of platinum loading and the effective lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers of TiO2 containing 1.0%Pt(mass fraction) was prolonged to 1.57 ms from 0.16 ms without Pt loading.The mentioned results suggested that in the presence of Pt the photogenerated electrons of TiO2 transfer to Pt from semiconductor rapidly,resulting in achieving the effective separateness between the photogenerated(electrons) and holes,prolonging the effective lifetime of the photogenerated carriers,decreasing the recombination rate of photogenerated electrons and holes,and increasing the quantum efficiency of the photocatalytic(reaction).

Key words: Time-resolved photoconductivity(TRPC), TiO2, Pt/TiO2

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