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Surface Morphology, Spectra and Photocatalytic Bactericidal Effect of Chlorophyll-Sensitizing TiO2 Crystalline Phases

LI Min1; WANG Zhen-Ling1; SHI Heng-Zhen1; ZENG Yi2   

  1. 1.Department of Chemistry; Zhoukou Teachers College; Zhoukou 466000; China; 2.Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2002-04-25 Revised:2003-05-30 Published:2003-11-20 Online:2003-11-20

Abstract: Different crystalline TiO2 films prepared by the sol-gel method were modified by employing chlorophyll as the sensitizer, and characterized by XRD, AFM, UV-vis absorption spectra and Fluorescence emission spectra. The activity of killing the pathogenic bacteria of cabbage soft rot on chlorophyll-sensitized TiO2 film was investigated. The results show that three TiO2 nanocrystalline particles of anatase, mixed-crystalline and rutile sensitized by natural chlorophyll can effectively kill pathogenic cabbage-soft-rot bacteria under visible light.

Key words: TiO2, chlorophyll, sensitization, photocatalyse, bactericid

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