Reduction of nitrate by heterogeneous photocatalysis over pure and radiolytically modified TiO 2 samples in the presence of formic acid

Heterogeneous photocatalytic reduction of nitrate (2 mM) in the presence of formic acid (FA, 10 mM) using pure and modified TiO2 samples under UV–vis irradiation was performed at pH 3, and the evolution of the intermediate and final products was analyzed. For this work, commercial samples (Evonik P25 and Cristal Global PC500 and PC10) were modified by γ-radiolysis with two noble metal nanoparticles known to behave differently in NO3−...