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End date: 2021 Ă— Start date: 2021 Ă— DDC: 540 Ă— Type: Article Ă— Publisher: Cambridge : RSC Publ. Ă— WGL Institute: LIKAT Ă—

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    Parahydrogen-induced polarization with a metal-free P–P biradicaloid
    (Cambridge : RSC Publ., 2019) Zhivonitko, Vladimir V.; Bresien, Jonas; Schulz, Axel; Koptyug, Igor V.
    Metal-free H2 activations are unusual but interesting for catalytic transformations, particularly in parahydrogen-based nuclear spin hyperpolarization techniques. We demonstrate that metal-free singlet phosphorus biradicaloid, [P(ÎĽ-NTer)]2, provides pronounced 1H and 31P hyperpolarization while activating the parahydrogen molecules. A brief analysis of the resulting NMR signals and the important kinetic parameters are presented.
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    Judging the feasibility of TiO2 as photocatalyst for chemical energy conversion by quantitative reactivity determinants
    (Cambridge : RSC Publ., 2019) Dilla, Martin; Moustakas, Nikolaos G.; Becerikli, Ahmet E.; Peppel, Tim; Springer, Armin; Schlögl, Robert; Strunk, Jennifer; Ristig, Simon
    In this study we assess the general applicability of the widely used P25-TiO2 in gas-phase photocatalytic CO2 reduction based on experimentally determined reactivity descriptors from classical heterogeneous catalysis (productivity) and photochemistry (apparent quantum yield/AQY). A comparison of the results with reports on the use of P25 for thermodynamically more feasible reactions and our own previous studies on P25-TiO2 as photocatalyst imply that the catalytic functionality of this material, rather than its properties as photoabsorber, limits its applicability in the heterogeneous photocatalytic CO2 reduction in the gas phase. The AQY of IrOx/TiO2 in overall water splitting in a similar high-purity gas-solid process was four times as high, but still far from commercial viability.
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    The fate of O2 in photocatalytic CO2 reduction on TiO2 under conditions of highest purity
    (Cambridge : RSC Publ., 2019) Dilla, Martin; Jakubowski, Alina; Ristig, Simon; Strunk, Jennifer; Schlögl, Robert
    Although the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4 by using H2O as the oxidant presupposes the formation of O2, it is often not included in the product analysis of most of the studies dealing with photocatalytic CO2 reduction or it is reported to be not formed at all. The present study aims to clarify the absence of O2 in the photocatalytic gas phase CO2 reduction on TiO2. By modifying P25-TiO2 with IrOx co-catalysts it was possible to observe photocatalytic water splitting, i.e. the formation of gaseous O2 and H2 in almost stoichiometric amounts, without the use of sacrificial agents, while bare P25-TiO2 showed no activity in H2 and O2 formation under similar reaction conditions. Investigating the effect of improved H2O oxidation properties on the photocatalytic CO2 reduction revealed that the CH4 formation on P25 from CO2 was completely inhibited as long as the H2O splitting reaction proceeded. Furthermore, we found that a certain amount of O2 is consumed under conditions of photocatalytic water oxidation. A quantification showed it to be in the same order of magnitude as the oxygen which is missing as a byproduct from photocatalytic CO2 conversion. A detailed interpretation of the results in the context of the general understanding of the photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O on TiO2 allows the hypothesis that P25-TiO2 undergoes a stoichiometric reaction, meaning that the CH4 formation is not based on a true catalytic cycle and runs only as long as TiO2 can consume oxygen.