Molecular recognition by the surface electrical charge control under the solar-light irradiation and photocatalytic selective hydrogenation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14478
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Catalyst/Resource chemical process
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Kohsuke 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (90423087)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: プラズモン / 選択水素化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I developed the photocatalysts with novel functions enabling efficient and selective hydrogenation under solar-light irradiation. For example, the Pd/Ag bimetallic nanostructures were developed, in which Pd NPs were synthesized by a facile LSPR-assisted deposition on the highly dispersed Ag NPs with different sizes and morphologies under visible light irradiation. It can be envisaged and herein demonstrated that the plasmonic metal (Ag) with catalytically active component (Pd) can create a heterostructure exhibiting efficient catalytic activity and selectivity in the photocatalytic selective hydrogenation by the molecular recognition induced by the surface electrical charge control.

Free Research Field

触媒化学