Photocatalytic Activity of a Multicomponent System Assembled within Zeolites: Case of 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium or Ruthenium Tris(bipyridyl) Photosensitizers and Titanium Dioxide Relays within Zeolite Y

Samples of zeolite Y containing 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium or tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) have been prepared and their photophysical and photochemical properties compared to those of the same samples containing encapsulated nanoscopic TiO2 clusters as relays. The emission of encapsulated Ru(bpy)3 2+ and TP+ photolumophores undergoes static quenching in the presence of codoped TiO2 clusters. This is the expected behavior for systems, where …