Sunlight-induced efficient and selective photocatalytic benzeneoxidation on TiO <sub>2</sub> -supported gold nanoparticles under CO2 atmosphere

Yusuke Ide, Naoya Nakamura, Hideya Hattori, Ryo Ogino, Makoto Ogawa, Masahiro Sadakane, Tsuneji Sano

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 58 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

The sunlight-induced photocatalytic oxidation of aqueous benzene on TiO(2)-supported gold nanoparticles was considerably improved when the reaction was conducted under a CO(2) atmosphere. 13% yield and 89% selectivity of phenol was obtained on P25-supported gold nanoparticles under 230 kPa of CO(2).

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