photocatalyticadj.

1895 C. H. Bothamley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 662 For want of a better word, the phenomenon might be distinguished as photo-catalysis, and the sensitiser might be described as a photo-catalytic agent.

1913 H. S. Allen Photo-electricity xiv. 198 We may conveniently divide..photo-chemical reactions into three main classes. To the first class may be assigned the so-called photokatalytic reactions, in which light only accelerates an irreversible process.

1959 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 10 56 (heading) Photocatalytic activities of bacterial chromatophores.

1978 Nature 3 Aug. 508/1 The concentration of Ru (about 8 × 10⁻⁵ M) changed by less than 5%, so the complex was acting as a photocatalytic agent.

1992 Univ. of Bradford Ephemera (BNC) Bradford's scientific contribution to the programme will be in the development of photocatalytic particles of high activity.

1923 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 123 189 The synthesis takes place photocatalytically by the influence of visible light when the carbonic acid is in loose combination with a coloured base, such as malachite green.

1967 Q. Rev. Biol. 42 116/2 Metalloporphyrins containing manganese, zinc, cobalt or other metals are photocatalytically responsive.

2003 Chem. & Industry (Nexis) 6 Jan. 29 It should be possible to photocatalytically destruct any toxic organic material.