Visible light driven fine organic synthesis using plasmonic materials as photocatalyst

Abstract

This research focuses on plasmonic materials as photocatalyst in fine organic synthesis under visible light irradiation. It was illustrated that noble metal (silver) nanoparticles performed well as photocatalyst in toluene oxidation reaction, which was not only achieved in mind reaction condition, but also controlled with high selectivity of product. In addition, titanium nitride (TiN) material and transition metal (Pd) nanoparticles both can be applied in the cleavage of lignin models with two different reaction pathway and product selectivity. Finally, the analysis of all the reaction mechanism is significant for the further study of related organic synthesis.