Zhang, Yihan published the artcileZinc-triggered photocatalytic selective synthesis of benzyl acetate on inverse spinel CuFe2O4 3D networks: a case of coupled redox photocatalytic reaction, Category: esters-buliding-blocks, the main research area is benzyl acetate preparation DFT; benzaldehyde zinc triggered copper iron oxide photocatalyst coupled redox.
Herein, a Zn-doped CuFe2O4 3D network for the coupled redox photocatalytic (CRP) reaction to generate benzyl acetates I [R = Ph, 4-MeC6H4, 4-ClC6H4, etc.] with high selectivity was developed. The ammonia assisted sol-gel method helped to improve the sp. surface area of inverse spinel CuFe2O4 and therefore the concentration of oxygen vacancies. With an optimized doping content of 0.5%, Zn-doped CuFe2O4 presented a photocurrent as high as 34.72μA cm-2, which indicated that Zn-doping largely boosted the charge separation efficiency in accordance with the surface photovoltage measurement. Most importantly, in the CRP reaction, zinc triggered the selectivity of benzaldehyde to benzyl acetate from 2.97% to 74.80%. D. functional theory (DFT) calculations further revealed that zinc doping enhanced the adsorption energy of the intermediate product of acetone in CuFe2O4-based CRP reaction leading to enhanced activity and selectivity.
Materials Advances published new progress about Benzaldehydes Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or Reagent). 140-11-4 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Benzyl acetate, and the molecular formula is C9H10O2, Category: esters-buliding-blocks.
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