Photocatalytic Reactions of Azide Ions on Platinized Titanium Dioxide Powders in Solutions

Abstract
Ammonia was formed photocatalytically from an aqueous solution of azide ion by using illuminated Pt/TiO2 semiconductor powder. The reaction products, NH3, N2, and small amounts of N2O and NO3, were detected. Hydrogen, O2 and N2H4 were not formed in the primary reaction products. From these results, together with photoelectrochemical measurements, a mechanism of the ammonia formation from azide ion and water is presented.

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