Issue 29, 2016

Inorganic materials acting as heterogeneous photocatalysts and catalysts in the same reactions

Abstract

General considerations on the differences and similarities between heterogeneous photocatalysis and thermal catalysis are presented. Some research papers are reviewed where a reaction has been carried out in the presence of an inorganic material used both as catalyst and photocatalyst. The existing literature often compares catalytic reactions undertaken with the contemporaneous presence of radiation, showing only that photocatalytic reactions can occur under milder experimental conditions and at much lower temperatures. Nevertheless, differences in mechanistic aspects, conversions and selectivities between catalytic and photocatalytic reactions should also be highlighted. These are due to various reasons, relating to the effects of the interaction of light with the solid surface, adsorption–desorption of species involved in the (photo)reactions, and activation energy.

Graphical abstract: Inorganic materials acting as heterogeneous photocatalysts and catalysts in the same reactions

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
23 May 2016
Accepted
28 Jun 2016
First published
29 Jun 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 11596-11605

Inorganic materials acting as heterogeneous photocatalysts and catalysts in the same reactions

L. Palmisano, E. I. García-López and G. Marcì, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 11596 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02059C

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