Air activation by a metal-free photocatalyst for "totally-green" hydrocarbon selective oxidation. Issue 19 (27th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Yalin; Hu, Lulu; Zhu, Cheng; Liu, Juan; Huang, Hui; Liu, Yang; Kang, Zhenhui
• Is Part Of: Catalysis science & technology. Volume 6:Issue 19(2016)
• Page Start: 7252
• Page End: 7258
• Publication Date: 2016-07-27
• Subjects: Catalysis -- Periodicals; 541.395
• DOI: 10.1039/c6cy01066k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-4753

Abstract

Abstract : We demonstrate that polytriazine imide (PTI) is an efficient photocatalyst for cyclohexane selective oxidation using air and water without any other oxidants, initiators and solvents. Abstract : We show the fabrication and photocatalytic properties of triazine-based carbon nitride (polytriazine imide, PTI). The obtained PTI, with higher crystallinity and a triazine structure unit, is sufficiently characterised by X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and solid state NMR. We demonstrate that PTI is an efficient photocatalyst for activation in air and water, by which, the total green cyclohexane selective oxidation (5.81% conversion and over 99.9% selectivity to cyclohexanone) can be realized only using air and water without any other oxidants, initiators and solvents.