Direct conversion of formaldehyde to ethylene glycol via photocatalytic carbon–carbon coupling over bismuth vanadate

Zebin Shen; Shunji Xie; Wenqing Fan; Qinghong Zhang; Zaiku Xie; Weimin Yang; Yangdong Wang; Jinchi Lin; Xuejiao Wu; Huilin Wan; Ye Wang

doi:10.1039/C6CY01468B

Direct conversion of formaldehyde to ethylene glycol via photocatalytic carbon–carbon coupling over bismuth vanadate†

Zebin Shen,‡^a Shunji Xie,‡^a Wenqing Fan,‡^b Qinghong Zhang,*^a Zaiku Xie,^c Weimin Yang,^d Yangdong Wang,^d Jinchi Lin,^a Xuejiao Wu,^a Huilin Wan^a and Ye Wang*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
E-mail: zhangqh@xmu.edu.cn, wangye@xmu.edu.cn
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^b SINOCHEM, Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Quanzhou 362103, China

^c SINOPEC, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing 100027, China

^d SINOPEC, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai 201208, China

Abstract

We report a novel and direct conversion of formaldehyde into C₂ compounds, in particular ethylene glycol, via photocatalytic carbon–carbon coupling over BiVO₄, a visible-light-responsive and robust semiconductor. The generation of V⁴⁺ on BiVO₄ surfaces enhanced the photocatalytic formation of C₂ compounds.

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Direct conversion of formaldehyde to ethylene glycol via photocatalytic carbon–carbon coupling over bismuth vanadate†

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