Premium
Cu 2 (OH)PO 4 , a Near‐Infrared‐Activated Photocatalyst
Author(s) -
Wang Gang,
Huang Baibiao,
Ma Xiangchao,
Wang Zeyan,
Qin Xiaoyan,
Zhang Xiaoyang,
Dai Ying,
Whangbo MyungHwan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201301306
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , aqueous solution , octahedron , infrared , irradiation , trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry , decomposition , electron transfer , chemistry , photochemistry , materials science , crystal structure , crystallography , catalysis , optics , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
Crystal power! Libethenite, Cu 2 (OH)PO 4 (see 4–5 μm×1.5 μm image), absorbs strongly in the near‐infrared (NIR) region and is an effective photocatalyst for the decomposition of 2,4‐dichlorophenol in aqueous solution under NIR irradiation. This NIR activation of the photocatalyst is due to a facile transfer of photogenerated electrons from the trigonal bipyramidal Cu II sites to the adjacent octahedral Cu II sites.