Nitro-aromatic compounds can be photocatalytically reduced into the corresponding amine-aromatic com- pounds using TiO2 as a photocatalyst in the UV/TiO2/holes scavenger and Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized systems. In the UV/...Nitro-aromatic compounds can be photocatalytically reduced into the corresponding amine-aromatic com- pounds using TiO2 as a photocatalyst in the UV/TiO2/holes scavenger and Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized systems. In the UV/TiO2/holes scavenger system, reaction substrate alcohols such as methanol could be used as the holes scavengers, and in the Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized system, substrate alcohols could be oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes with high selectivity. When methanol was used as the holes scavengers and the illumination time was 6 h, 87.2% ofp-nitrotoluene could be photocatalytically reduced into p-toluidine. In the Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized system, the effect of aromatic alcohols for the photocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzene was better than that of other alcohols At the same time, aromatic alcohols can be easily oxidized, and the production efficiencies of the corresponding aldehydes were higher than those of other alcohols. The possible reaction mechanisms were also proposed.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Nos. 20673042, 20973071） and the Key Project of Science and Technology Research of Ministry of Education of China （208062）.
文摘Nitro-aromatic compounds can be photocatalytically reduced into the corresponding amine-aromatic com- pounds using TiO2 as a photocatalyst in the UV/TiO2/holes scavenger and Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized systems. In the UV/TiO2/holes scavenger system, reaction substrate alcohols such as methanol could be used as the holes scavengers, and in the Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized system, substrate alcohols could be oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes with high selectivity. When methanol was used as the holes scavengers and the illumination time was 6 h, 87.2% ofp-nitrotoluene could be photocatalytically reduced into p-toluidine. In the Vis/TiO2/dye-sensitized system, the effect of aromatic alcohols for the photocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzene was better than that of other alcohols At the same time, aromatic alcohols can be easily oxidized, and the production efficiencies of the corresponding aldehydes were higher than those of other alcohols. The possible reaction mechanisms were also proposed.
