Functionalization of a plasmonic Au/TiO2 photocatalyst with an Ag co-catalyst for quantitative reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline in 2-propanol suspensions under irradiation of visible light

Atsuhiro Tanaka; Yuri Nishino; Satoshi Sakaguchi; Takayuki Yoshikawa; Kazuya Imamura; Keiji Hashimoto; Hiroshi Kominami

doi:10.1039/C3CC39096A

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Functionalization of a plasmonic Au/TiO₂ photocatalyst with an Ag co-catalyst for quantitative reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline in 2-propanol suspensions under irradiation of visible light†

Atsuhiro Tanaka,^a Yuri Nishino,^a Satoshi Sakaguchi,^a Takayuki Yoshikawa,^a Kazuya Imamura,^a Keiji Hashimoto^a and Hiroshi Kominami*^a

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^a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
E-mail: hiro@apch.kindai.ac.jp

Abstract

A functionalized plasmonic Au/TiO₂ photocatalyst with an Ag co-catalyst was successfully prepared by the combination of two types of photodeposition methods, and it quantitatively converted nitrobenzene and 2-propanol to aniline and acetone under irradiation of visible light.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC39096A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 20 Dec 2012
Accepted: 07 Feb 2013
First published: 08 Feb 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2551-2553

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Functionalization of a plasmonic Au/TiO₂ photocatalyst with an Ag co-catalyst for quantitative reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline in 2-propanol suspensions under irradiation of visible light

A. Tanaka, Y. Nishino, S. Sakaguchi, T. Yoshikawa, K. Imamura, K. Hashimoto and H. Kominami, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2551 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39096A

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