Open AccessDevelopment of visible light photocatalysts for organic fine chemical production
Author(s) -
Fathima Sifani Zavahir
Publication year - 2016
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Dissertations/theses
DOI - 10.5204/thesis.eprints.96049
Subject(s) - chemical energy , fossil fuel , vanadium , visible spectrum , materials science , limiting , nanotechnology , titanium dioxide , photocatalysis , chemical engineering , chemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , engineering , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , mechanical engineering
Devising new photocatalysts that can harvest light energy to drive chemical processes is in the forefront of chemical research. It aims at limiting the use of depleting fossil fuel energy, better understanding optical properties of materials and developing green chemical synthesis processes. During this doctoral work, three different types of photocatalysts, based on titanium dioxide, gold nanoparticles and vanadium clusters, have been designed and evaluated for synthetically important organic chemical reactions under visible light irradiation at near ambient conditions
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