Solar energy driven C–C bond cleavage in a lignin model compound with a D–π–A organic dye-sensitized photoanode
Saerona Kim, Hyeong Cheol Kang, Chun Chu, Shuya Li, Kicheon Yoo, Udani K. Wijethunga, Weiwei Zheng, Chang Geun Yoo, Benjamin D. Sherman, Jae‐Joon Lee, Gyu Leem
Abstract
This study reports the solar light-driven activation of a bicyclic aminoxyl mediator to achieve C–C bond cleavage of a lignin model compound at room temperature using a donor–π-conjugated bridge–acceptor organic dye-based photoelectrochemical system.
Topics & Concepts
Bicyclic moleculeBond cleavageAcceptorConjugated systemCleavage (geology)LigninPhotochemistryOrganic compoundOrganic solar cellChemistryOrganic dyeMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryChemical engineeringPolymerCatalysisPhysicsComposite materialFracture (geology)Condensed matter physicsEngineeringRadical Photochemical ReactionsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques