Chemical Photocatalysis

ISBN-13: 9783110269161 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 400 str.

Opis

Visible light is an abundant source of energy. While the conversion of light energy into electrical energy (photovoltaics) is highly developed and commercialized, the use of visible light in chemical synthesis is far less explored. Chemical photocatalysts that mimic principles of biological photosynthesis utilize visible light to drive endothermic or kinetically hindered reactions. This work summarizes in 16 chapters the state of the art and the challenges of this emerging future technology.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Giacommo Chiamician, an early pioneer of visible light photochemistry

3. Flavin photocatalysis

4. Templated enantioselective photocatalysis

5. Photocatalysis using DNA and peptides

6. Photoorganoredox catalysis

7. Transition metal catalysis with visible light

8. Theory for the description of excited states in photocatalysis

9. Time resolved 2D spectroscopy analyzing reaction intermediates in photocatalysis

10. Ultrafast spectroscopy in photocatalysis

11. Metal complexes for photohydrogenation and hydrogen evolution

12. Inorganic semiconductors in photocatalysis

13. Photocatalysis with cadmiunsulfid

14. Polyoxometallates in photocatalysis

15. Organic semiconductors in photocatalysis

15. Porphyrin-based photocatalysis

16. Enantioselective chemical photocatalysis

Index

O autorze

Burkhard König, University of Regensburg, Germany.