Evidence of rutile-to-anatase photo-induced electron transfer in mixed-phase TiO2 by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Sep 18;51(72):13779-82. doi: 10.1039/c5cc04971g. Epub 2015 Aug 3.

Abstract

With ethanol as a probe molecule, the surface sites of anatase and rutile can be distinguished using (13)C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy, which offers an opportunity to investigate the transfer of photo-induced electrons from rutile to anatase in the mixed-phase TiO2.