scholarly journals Sensitization-initiated electron transfer via upconversion: mechanism and photocatalytic applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Glaser ◽  
Christoph Kerzig ◽  
Oliver S. Wenger

A full picture of a new multi-photon excitation mechanism relying on sTTA upconversion is provided, together with selected photocatalytic applications. All mechanistic steps are investigated and the catalytically active species is observed directly.

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ros ◽  
C. Canals-Batlle ◽  
M.A. Lillo-Ródenas ◽  
E. Fuente ◽  
M. A. Montes-Morán ◽  
...  

This paper focuses on the valorisation of solid residues obtained from the thermal treatment of sewage sludge. In particular, sewage sludge samples were collected from two waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) with different sludge line basic operations. After drying, sludges were heated up to 700 °C in appropriate ovens under diluted air (gasification) and inert (pyrolysis) atmospheres. The solids obtained, as well as the dried (raw) sludges, were characterised to determine their textural properties and chemical composition, including the speciation of their inorganic fraction. All the materials under study were employed as adsorbents/catalysts in H2S removal experiments at room temperature. It was found that, depending on the particular sludge characteristics, outstanding results can be achieved both in terms of retention capacities and selectivity. Some of the solids outperform commercially available sorbents specially designed for gaseous emissions control. In these adsorbents/catalysts, H2S is selectively oxidised to elemental sulphur most likely due to the presence of inorganic, catalytically active species. The role of the carbon-enriched part on these solids is also remarked.


Author(s):  
Frederico F Martins ◽  
Ángel Sánchez-González ◽  
Jose Lanuza ◽  
Haralampos N. Miras ◽  
Xabier Lopez ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Riente ◽  
Mauro Fianchini ◽  
Patricia Llanes ◽  
Miquel A. Pericàs ◽  
Timothy Noël

AbstractThe importance of discovering the true catalytically active species involved in photocatalytic systems allows for a better and more general understanding of photocatalytic processes, which eventually may help to improve their efficiency. Bi2O3 has been used as a heterogeneous photocatalyst and is able to catalyze several synthetically important visible-light-driven organic transformations. However, insight into the operative catalyst involved in the photocatalytic process is hitherto missing. Herein, we show through a combination of theoretical and experimental studies that the perceived heterogeneous photocatalysis with Bi2O3 in the presence of alkyl bromides involves a homogeneous BinBrm species, which is the true photocatalyst operative in the reaction. Hence, Bi2O3 can be regarded as a precatalyst which is slowly converted in an active homogeneous photocatalyst. This work can also be of importance to mechanistic studies involving other semiconductor-based photocatalytic processes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 2419-2426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina A. Korzycka ◽  
Philip M. Bennett ◽  
Eduardo Jose Cueto-Diaz ◽  
Geoffrey Wicks ◽  
Mikhail Drobizhev ◽  
...  

We present a modular approach to photo-labile protecting groups based on photoinduced electron transfer, providing high sensitivity to two-photon excitation.


2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk V. Deubel ◽  
Jörg Sundermeyer ◽  
Gernot Frenking

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
pp. 5073-5080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Frogneux ◽  
Ferenc Borondics ◽  
Stéphane Lefrançois ◽  
Florian D'Accriscio ◽  
Clément Sanchez ◽  
...  

Depending on the ligand, ligand-induced leaching of copper nanoparticles may produce catalytically active species for the reduction of benzaldehyde.


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