Photocatalytic reduction of hydrazine to ammonia catalysed by [Ru-III(edta)(H2O)](-) complex in a Pt/TiO2 semiconductor particulate system

Authors
Chatterjee, D
Citation
D. Chatterjee, Photocatalytic reduction of hydrazine to ammonia catalysed by [Ru-III(edta)(H2O)](-) complex in a Pt/TiO2 semiconductor particulate system, J MOL CAT A, 154(1-2), 2000, pp. 1-3
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
ISSN journal
13811169 → ACNP
Volume
154
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1 - 3
Database
ISI
SICI code
1381-1169(20000320)154:1-2<1:PROHTA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Illumination of aqueous suspensions of Pt/TiO2 semiconductor photocatalyst in the presence of [Ru-III(edta)(H2O)](-) resulted in the reduction of hydr azine to ammonia. A working mechanism involving the formation of a [Ru-III( edta)(N2H5)] species (adsorbed onto TiO2 surface) which undergoes two-elect ron transfer reduction followed by cleavage of the N-N bond of coordinated hydrazine has been suggested. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res erved.