September 22, 2014Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Tuning the Selectivity of Photocatalytic Synthetic Reactions Using Modified TiO₂ Nanotubes
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Abstract
Differently modified TiO2 nanotubes were used to achieve a drastic change in the selectivity of a photocatalytic reaction. For the photocatalytic oxidation of toluene, depending on the electronic properties of TiO2 (anatase, rutile, Ru-doped), a strong change in the main reaction product (namely benzoic acid versus benzaldehyde) can be achieved, and certain undesired reaction pathways can be completely shut down.
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Tripathy et al. (2014) studied this question.