Photoproduction of I2, Br2, and Cl2 on n-semiconducting powder

Autor:	B. Reichman, C. E. Byvik
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Bromine Aqueous solution chemistry Halogen Inorganic chemistry General Engineering Chlorine Photocatalysis Halide chemistry.chemical_element Chlorine production Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Chemical reaction
Zdroj:	The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 85:2255-2258
ISSN:	1541-5740 0022-3654
Popis:	The photosynthetic production of Br2 and Cl2 and the photocatalytic production of I2 from aqueous solutions of the respective halide ions in the presence of platinized semiconducting n-TiO2 powder are reported. Reactions were produced in 2-3 M oxygen-saturated aqueous solutions of KI, KBr or NaCl containing Pt-TiO2 powder which were irradiated by a high-pressure mercury lamp at a power of 400 mW/sq cm. Halogens are found to be produced in greater quantities when platinized TiO2 powders are used rather than pure TiO2, and rates of halogen production are observed to increase from Cl2 to Br2 to I2. The presence of the synthetic reactions producing Br2 and Cl2 with a net influx of energy indicates that an effective separation of the photoproduced electron-hole pair occurs in the semiconductor. Quantum efficiencies of the reaction, which increase with decreasing solution pH, are found to be as high as 30%, implying a solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency between 0.03% and 3% for the case of chlorine production. It is concluded that the photoproduction of halogens may be of practical value if product halogens are efficiently removed from the reaction cell.
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