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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2007, Article ID 98548, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2007/98548 Research Article Stannic Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Coupled Semiconductor Photocatalyst Loaded with Polyaniline for Enhanced Photocatalytic Oxidation of 1-Octene Hadi Nur, Izan Izwan Misnon, and Lim Kheng Wei Ibnu Sina Institute for Fundamental Science Studies, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310 UTM , Johor, Malaysia Received 12 March 2007; Accepted 4 June 2007 Recommended by Hisao Hidaka Stannic oxide-titanium dioxide (SnO –TiO ) coupled semiconductor photocatalyst loaded with polyaniline (PANI), a conducting 2 2 polymer, possesses a high photocatalytic activity in oxidation of 1-octene to 1,2-epoxyoctane with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. The photocatalyst was prepared by impregnation of SnO2 and followed by attachment of PANI onto a TiO2 powder to give sample PANI-SnO –TiO . The electrical conductivity of the system becomes high in the presence of PANI. Enhanced photocatalytic 2 2 activity was observed in the case of PANI-SnO –TiO compared to PANI-TiO , SnO –TiO , and TiO . A higher photocatalytic 2 2 2 2 2 2 activity in the oxidation of 1-octene on PANI-SnO –TiO than SnO –TiO , PANI-TiO , and TiO can be considered as an evidence 2 2 2 2 2 2 of enhanced charge separation of PANI-SnO2–TiO2 photocatalyst as confirmed by photoluminescence spectroscopy. It suggests that photoinjected electrons are tunneled from TiO2 to SnO2 and then to PANI in order to allow wider se