Chemistry Letters,(4)[383-384], (1997)
(Abstract)
A chemiluminescent probe, luminol, has been effectively applied to monitor the behavior of superoxide ions (O2.-) at photocatalytic reactions in aerated aqueous suspension of various commercially available TiO2 powders. By the addition of halide ions, the amount of O2.- increased or decreased depending on the properties of TiO2 powders. This difference is discussed with the difference in the mechanism of recombination via O2.- for the photoinduced electron-hole pairs