title: Photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds in a hybrid system composed of a molecular catalyst and visible light-absorbing semiconductor.
abstract: Photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds proceeded efficiently in a hybrid system with ruthenium aqua complexes as catalysts, BiVO4 as a light absorber, [Co(NH3)5Cl](2+) as a sacrificial electron acceptor and water as an oxygen source. The photogenerated holes in the semiconductor are used to oxidize molecular catalysts into the high-valent Ru(IV)=O intermediates for 2e(-) oxidation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian 116024, China. lifei@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaona
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Licheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D008027:Light; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D012666:Semiconductors; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals