Photo‐Electrochemical C−H Bond Activation of Cyclohexane Using a WO3 Photoanode and Visible Light |
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| Authors: | Hiroyuki Tateno Shoji Iguchi Yugo Miseki Kazuhiro Sayama |
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| Institution: | Advanced Functional Material Team, Research center for photovoltaics (RCPV), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The photo‐electrochemical C?H bond activation of cyclohexane to produce cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone (KA oil) with high partial oxidation selectivity (99 %) and high current utilization ratio (76 %) was achieved in air at room temperature at atmospheric pressure. The production rate of KA oil was accelerated by applying a bias. The incident photon to current efficiencies at 365 and 420 nm were 57 % and 24 %, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | alkanes C− H activation electrochemistry oxidation photocatalysis |
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