Issue 57, 2015
From the journal:

Chemical Communications

Metal-free hydrogen evolution with nanoparticles derived from pyrene via two-photon ionization induced by laser irradiation†

Kei Ohkubo,*ab   Naoki Kohno,a   Yusuke Yamadaac  and  Shunichi Fukuzumi*abd  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
E-mail: ookubo@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, fukuzumi@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

b Department of Bioinspired Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea

c Department of Applied Chemistry & Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan

d Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University and ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tempaku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8502, Japan

Abstract

Laser irradiation of a cyclohexane solution containing pyrene resulted in hydrogen evolution as pyrene was converted to a metal-free nanoparticle photocatalyst. When C6H12 was replaced by C6D12, D2 was mainly evolved. This result suggests that the hydrogen source is cyclohexane used as a solvent. Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution was also observed in an aqueous solution by using a water-soluble pyrene derivative.

Graphical abstract: Metal-free hydrogen evolution with nanoparticles derived from pyrene via two-photon ionization induced by laser irradiation

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03501E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Apr 2015
Accepted
08 Jun 2015
First published
09 Jun 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 11515-11518

Author version available

Download author version (PDF)

Permissions

Request permissions

Metal-free hydrogen evolution with nanoparticles derived from pyrene via two-photon ionization induced by laser irradiation

K. Ohkubo, N. Kohno, Y. Yamada and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11515 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03501E

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements