Abstract Photocatalysts based on silver or gold metallic and CdS semiconductor nanoparticles embedded on a mordenite matrix (M-CdS/MOR), was successfully synthesized and tested to obtain glucuronic acid by photoconversion of… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Photocatalysts based on silver or gold metallic and CdS semiconductor nanoparticles embedded on a mordenite matrix (M-CdS/MOR), was successfully synthesized and tested to obtain glucuronic acid by photoconversion of glucose. The M-CdS/MOR photocatalyst exhibited a synergistic interaction between the plasmonic behavior from metallic nanoparticles and the photoactive properties of semiconductor nanoparticles, which leads to the photoconversion of the glucose (38% in 60 min). The reaction mechanisms are presented and discussed.
               
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