Citation: Meng Chao, Wang Hua, Wu Yubin, Fu Xianzhi, Yuan Rusheng. Study on Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of Ethanol During TiO₂ Promoted Water-Splitting Process[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, ;2017, 75(5): 508-513. doi: 10.6023/A16110641 shu

Study on Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of Ethanol During TiO₂ Promoted Water-Splitting Process

State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116

Corresponding author: Wu Yubin, yuanrs@fzu.edu.cn
Received Date: 28 November 2016

Fund Project: the Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment 2014B01the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21643009the National Key Technologies R & D Program of China 2014BAC13B03the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China 2015J01046

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In this work, the reaction mechanism of photocatalytic oxidation of sacrificial ethanol during water-splitting process by titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has been studied. The pure rutile TiO₂ or mixed-phase structure titania (P25) was employed as the typical photocatalyst in ethanol oxidation. The as-obtained results showed that the formation of 2, 3-butanediol over TiO₂ in heterogeneous systems is mainly due to the photochemical reaction proceeded between acetaldehyde molecule and ethanol molecule instead of the direct coupling of α-hydroxyethyl radicals. This is different from the early work claimed that the fundamental process to produce 2, 3-butanediol is based on the direct coupling of α-hydroxyethyl radicals generated by TiO₂ oxidation. The photochemical reaction between acetaldehyde molecule and ethanol molecule to form 2, 3-butanediol can also occur when the concentration of the solid catalyst was reduced to certain degree if using P25 as catalyst in heterogeneous model, and the selectivity of 2, 3-butanediol would change from ca. 60% to 0% when enlarging the concentration of P25 step by step. However, the selectivity of 2, 3-butanediol is relatively invariable when the concentration of catalyst was changed if using rutile as photocatalyst. We thought that the distinct diffusing behaviors for mobile ·OH_f and surface bound ·OH_s generated on different titania can explain the varied selectivity when the solid concentration of TiO₂ changed. The generation and diffusion of ·OH from the surface of P25 (80% anatase) to bulk solution is a key process to inhibit the direct coupling of α-hydroxyethyl radicals to produce acetaldehyde or further overoxidation products, and the reaction zone of ·OH_f depends on the concentration of P25. For the case of rutile TiO₂ promoted reaction, the lack of mobile ·OH_f on rutile TiO₂ makes the photochemical reaction between acetaldehyde molecule and ethanol molecule more facile to occur in bulk solution since the surface bound ·OH_s can only have chance to attack the surface adsorbed substrates. This may be an important reason to explain why the selectivity of 2, 3-butanediol in ethanol oxidation was not influenced significantly by the variation of rutile TiO₂ concentration. All the results regarding ethanol transformation during photocatalytic process achieved here cast some light on the mechanistic understanding of the reactions proceeded on the surface of solid catalyst in heterogeneous model and in the bulk solution when both catalytic step and photochemical step existed simultaneously.
- photocatalytic,
- titanium dioxide,
- ethanol,
- hydroxyl radicals,
- 2, 3-butanediol
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