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Highly Selective Anaerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Over Fe‐doped SrTiO 3 Under Visible Light
Author(s) -
Hu Yezi,
Zhao Guixia,
Pan Qiushi,
Wang Huihui,
Shen Zewen,
Peng Baoxiang,
Busser G. Wilma,
Wang Xiangke,
Muhler Martin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201901451
Subject(s) - photochemistry , alcohol oxidation , photocatalysis , chemistry , diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform , benzyl alcohol , selectivity , visible spectrum , valence (chemistry) , oxygen , doping , spectroscopy , alcohol , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics
Photocatalytic oxidation of alcohols with high selectivity is a promising approach for the synthesis of organic compounds under mild conditions and for solar energy conversion. In this work, we report on the highly selective anaerobic photooxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds with coupled H 2 production over Pt‐loaded Fe‐doped SrTiO 3 under visible light. Representatively, an optimized apparent quantum efficiency of 13.2 % at 420 nm was obtained for benzyl alcohol oxidation. X‐ray absorption fine structure and in situ diffuse reflectance IR spectroscopy revealed that the surface oxygen vacancies and the fine‐tuned valence band edge position induced by Fe doping not only contributed to the activation of α‐C−H bonds in alcohols, but also avoided the over‐oxidation of the obtained carbonyl compounds.