Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 2214-2222Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta10757c
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773173, 22072108]
- Wuhan University
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This study successfully extended the photocatalysis of Nb2O5 from the ultraviolet region to the green light region by synthesizing hierarchical Nb2O5 and surface chemical modification using pores, achieving the selective transformation of organic molecules through visible light induction.
Nb2O5 is a colourless metal oxide that is very promising in areas such as energy storage and optical glasses. These applications depend on the superior redox properties of Nb2O5 compared to those of other metal oxides, which in turn endow it with great potential in semiconductor photocatalysis. Herein, a hierarchical Nb2O5 was synthesized by the l-arginine-assisted hydrothermal method. Thereafter, visible light photocatalysis was bridged over hierarchical Nb2O5 with a common organic dye, namely alizarin red S (ARS), significantly renovating Nb2O5-based photocatalysis from ultraviolet (UV) into the green light region. The surface of hierarchical Nb2O5 was chemically modified with ARS to harvest 520 nm green light and facilitate the oxidation of organic sulfides with aerial O-2. The O-atom transfer from O-2 into sulfoxides with very high selectivity occurs via an intermediate of superoxide radical anions (O-2(-)). Importantly, the electron transfer from activated ARS to sulfides is mediated by an electron transfer mediator, namely (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO), to deter the attack of quenched ARS by reactive oxygen species (ROS). This study represents the first foray of dye-semiconductor assemblies based on a semiconductor other than TiO2 for the selective aerobic oxidation, affirming the generality of cooperative photocatalysis and implying the great potential of hierarchical Nb2O5 in platforming the visible-light-induced selective transformation of organic molecules.
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