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Electricity from photosensitisation of titanium

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FUJISHIMA and Honda1 have described a novel photochemical cell with an open circuit e.m.f. of up to 0.5 V which they indicated had a capability for water photolysis. The anode consisted of a TiO2 n-type single crystal which was illuminated by light of wavelength shorter than 415 nm. This corresponds to the 3.0 eV band gap of TiO2 (refs 2–4).

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  1. The Superior Oil Company, Houston, Texas, 77077

    J. KEENEY

  2. Department of Biophysical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 77004

    D. H. WEINSTEIN

  3. The Mitre Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 22101

    G. M. HAAS

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KEENEY, J., WEINSTEIN, D. & HAAS, G. Electricity from photosensitisation of titanium. Nature 253, 719–720 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253719a0

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