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Abstract

Photoactive titanium dioxide based semiconductor electrodes utilizable in photoassisted oxidation reactions in an electrochemical cell comprise thin films of polycrystalline titanium dioxide modified with one or more materials consisting of oxides of aluminum or of a d-electron transition metal other than titanium. Oxides in which the metal is in a chemical oxidation state other than +4, which possess some solid state solubility in titanium dioxide, and an impurity energy level band lying within the energy band gap of titanium dioxide function effectively as modifiers. The electrode comprises a uniform film of titanium dioxide mixed with up to 50 mole percent of the modifier sintered to a suitable metal body. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the electrode comprises a film of titanium dioxide sintered to a titanium metal body with the modifier distributed throughout the titanium dioxide film with a concentration gradient having a minimum next to the surface of the metal body.

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