Photocatalytic Activity of Anodized Titanium Sheets under Ultra-Violet and Visible Light Irradiation
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50961#.VFCKMFfHRK0 Author(s) Michio Kaneko 1 , Kiyonori Tokuno 2 , Kazuo Yamagishi 3 , Takao Wada 3 , Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Steel Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Futtsu, Japan . 2 Head Office, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, Japan . 3 Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho Corporation, Niigata, Japan . ABSTRACT A commercially pure titanium sheet precipitated TiC in the surface layer was fabricated by anodic oxidation in NH 4 NO 3 solution and heat treatment in air. The fabricated sheet showed relatively high photocatalytic activity in 0.1 M KI solution, which was clo...