Abstract
The photocatalytic oxidation reactivities of the photogenerated holes (h+) during ultraviolet or visible laser flash photolysis of pure anatase and sulfur- and carbon-doped TiO2 powders were investigated using time-resolved diffuse reflectance (TDR) spectroscopy. The one-electron oxidation processes of substrates such as methanol and 4-(methylthio)phenyl methanol (MTPM) by h+ at the TiO2 surface were examined. The TDR spectra and time traces observed for charge carriers and the MTPM radical cation (MTPM•+) revealed that the oxidation reactions of substrates by h+ generated during the 355-nm laser photolysis of TiO2 powders increased in the order of pure TiO2 > S-doped TiO2 > C-doped TiO2. On the other hand, no one-electron oxidation reactions of the substrates were observed during the 430-nm laser photolysis of the S- and C-doped TiO2 powders, although the charge carriers were sufficiently generated upon excitation. The effects of the trapping and detrapping processes of h+ at the doping sites on the oxid...
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