Nitrogen Photofixation at Nanostructured Iron Titanate Films

Olga Rusina; Anna Eremenko; Gerhard Frank; Horst P Strunk; Horst Kisch

doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20011105)40:21<3993::AID-ANIE3993>3.0.CO;2-6

Nitrogen Photofixation at Nanostructured Iron Titanate Films

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001 Nov 5;40(21):3993-3995. doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20011105)40:21<3993::AID-ANIE3993>3.0.CO;2-6.

Authors

Olga Rusina¹, Anna Eremenko², Gerhard Frank³, Horst P Strunk³, Horst Kisch¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany) Fax:(+49) 9131-8527363.
² Institute of Surface Chemistry National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences Prospect Nauki 31, 252022 Kiev (Ukraine).
³ Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Cauerstrasse 6, 91058 Erlangen (Germany).

PMID: 29712253
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20011105)40:21<3993::AID-ANIE3993>3.0.CO;2-6

Abstract

Mild reducing agents such as ethanol, sodium formate, and humic acids effect the photofixation of nitrogen to ammonia and nitrate at thin films of nanostructured iron titanates. The reaction occurs in the presence of air and light, but is inhibited by the presence of carbon monoxide.

Keywords: iron; nanocrystals; nitrogen fixation; photochemistry; thin films; titanium.