- 著者
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Yoshihiro Nemoto
Takayuki Hirai
- 出版者
- (社)日本化学会
- 雑誌
- Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (ISSN:00092673)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.77, no.5, pp.1033-1036, 2004 (Released:2004-05-06)
- 参考文献数
- 13
A photocatalyst can be used for various applications. Such materials are semiconductors which are stable to photoirradiation, for example, TiO2. Most of these materials require UV light. There are many kinds of semiconductors which are unstable to photoirradiation, but which have a visible light response. In this study, it is shown that a thin Au film or Au nano particles on the surface of the photocatalyst reduced the photodecomposition of the photocatalyst. Although the surfaces of the samples were completely covered by Au, photocatalytic activity was observed in all the Au-coated samples. The Au-coating on the surface enhances the photocatalysis of a coated photocatalyst.