Harnessing trace water for enhanced photocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived alcohols to aldehydes
Wenhua Xue, Jian Ye, Zhi Zhu, Reeti Kumar, Jun Zhao
Abstract
The presence of moderate water volume enhances the photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in acetonitrile, consistently observed across various catalysts and substrates, highlighting its potential for broad application in photocatalysis.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisTRACE (psycholinguistics)AldehydeAlcoholAlcohol oxidationEnvironmental chemistryBiomass (ecology)ChemistryEnvironmental scienceCatalysisOrganic chemistryGeologyOceanographyPhilosophyLinguisticsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion