Heterogeneous oxidation of ethanol over Cu(OH)2/α-Fe2O3 under visible light

Ekaterina V. Kuznetsova, Evgueni N. Savinov, Alexandre V. Vorontsov, Panagiotis Smirniotis

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Abstract

A Cu(OH)2/α-Fe2O3 photocatalyst is shown to be active in the gas phase oxidation of ethanol under visible light. The calculated initial quantum efficiency of the ethanol photooxidation is 0.1-1%. However, ethanol is oxidized only into acetic acid, which deactivates the catalyst.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-348
Number of pages8
JournalReaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters
Volume78
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Copper hydroxides
  • Multielectron reactions
  • Organic oxidation
  • Photocatalysis

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