Focusing on the story of the photocatalyst, the band gap of the titanium oxide that are currently applied as a photocatalyst, there is a problem that it is not possible to use the solar light efficiently because with only the ultraviolet light region and absorption 3.2 eV [ 13]. Titanium oxide to be judged from the spectrum of sunlight and thus not available only about 5% of sunlight. Oxynitride As one solution to this problem have been proposed, in fact, some of the oxynitride are known to exhibit a photocatalytic activity in the visible light responsive type [1.4] [1.5].
The effect of nitrogen is not only the band-gap, also appears in the refractive index. Generally oxynitride shows a refractive index greater than that of the oxide. This is also, electronegativity of nitrogen is derived from a smaller than oxygen. In general, the refractive index (n) is the greater polarizability (α) is greater as in the formula Lorenz-Lorentz equation (1-1) [1.6]. And that, polarizability is determined as equation (1-2) by the size of the binding of the ionic (rσ) [1.7]. Each factor, M = <0 | e2r2 | 0>, vA: atomic pseudopotential, NA: Avogadro constant, W: molecular weight, ρ: has become a density.
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