Hybrid photocatalysts with a TiO2 matrix sensitized with lanthanide phthalocyanines
SŁOTA R., DYRDA G., GALBAS M., MELE G.

Please cite as: CHEMIK 2014, 68, 4, 385–390

Research results on the activity of novel hybrid photocatalysts with a TiO2 (anatase) matrix impregnated with lanthanide diphthalocyanines (LnPc2) in photooxidation of 4-nitrophenol in the water phase have been reported. It was found that in presence of an appropriate phthalocyanine sensitizer the degradation rate of 4-NP might have increased even four-fold, as compared to bareanatase. Systems containing complexes of Gd and Ho were the most effective ones.

Keywords: phthalocyanines, titanium dioxide (anatase), photooxidation, photocatalyst

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