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Light driven styrene epoxidation and hydrogen generation using H<sub>2</sub>O as an oxygen source in a photoelectrosynthesis cell

Pau Farràs, Carlo Di Giovanni, John N. Clifford, Pablo Garrido‐Barros, Emilio Palomares, Antoni Llobet

Green Chemistry · 2015 · 39 citations · 50 references

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Abstract

This proof-of-concept dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell is able to produce a high-value chemical by the epoxidation of an alkene in water using sunlight and, at the same time, produce a solar fuel such as hydrogen.

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