TiO2/ORMOSIL thin films doped with phthalocyanine dyes: New photocatalytic devices activated by solar light

Giovanni Palmisano, María Concepción Gutiérrez, María Luisa Ferrer, María Dolores Gil-Luna, Vincenzo Augugliaro, Sedat Yurdakal, Mario Pagliaro

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Abstract

Hybrid sol-gel TiO2/organosilica films doped with Cu(II), Fe(II), and Fe(III) phthalocyanines are excellent photocatalysts for the oxidative degradation of organics under visible light irradiation. The films show pronounced stability with the Fe(III)Pc-doped film showing the best performance in the gas-phase mineralization of 2-propanol. The versatile chemistry of both sol-gel materials and phthalocyanines will enable large improvement in terms of performance and technical adaptability of these new photocatalytic devices for future practical application.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)2667-2670
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume112
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2008

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