1. Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China 2. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Abstract:
Using 12-tungstosilicic acid (SiW124-) as the catalyst, rhodamine B (RhB) dye in an aerated aqueous solution can undergo an effective photocatalytic stepwise N-deethylation process under visible light irradiation, and dioxygen is reduced to hydrogen peroxide by the reducedSiW12 4-. This provides the potential for moving polyoxometalate-based photocatalytic processes from the near-UV into the visible region of the spectrum.
