Acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst
In the experiment above, photons from a light source (out of frame on the right hand side) are absorbed by the surface of the titanium dioxide (TiO 2) disc, exciting electrons within the material. These then react with the water molecules, splitting it into its constituents of hydrogen and oxygen. In this experiment, chemicals dissolved in the water prevent the formation of oxygen, which would otherwise recombine with the hydrogen.
In chemistry, photocatalysis is the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a photocatalyst, the excited state of which "repeatedly interacts with the reaction partners forming reaction intermediates and regenerates itself after each cycle of such interactions."[1] In many cases, the catalyst is a solid that upon irradiation with UV- or visible light generates electron–hole pairs that generate free radicals. Photocatalysts belong to three main groups; heterogeneous, homogeneous, and plasmonic antenna-reactor catalysts. The use of each catalysts depends on the preferred application and required catalysis reaction.
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W.C. MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis." Photocatalysis is the phenomenon where the catalyst can receive light to generate an...
environmental chemistry, inorganic photochemistry, plasma chemistry and photocatalysis. He has worked on the synthesis of new adsorbents, batteries, catalysts...
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observed chiral induction. His group also developed Supramolecular Photocatalysis based on Cucurbitruil nano-containers. His research work led the use...
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