AuPd alloy nanoparticles decorated graphitic carbon nitride as an excellent photocatalyst for the visible-light-enhanced Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

S. K. Movahed*, S. Miraghaee, M. Dabiri* (2020) Journal of Alloys and Compounds 819, 152994.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152994

Abstract

AuPd alloy nanoparticles (NPs) immobilized on graphitic carbon nitride sheets (AuPd/g-C₃N₄) were used as an effective the Mott−Schottky-type photocatalyst for the visible-light-enhanced Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling (SMC) reaction at room temperature. The Mott-Schottky-type photocatalyst in the coupling of IB and PBA displayed the high turnover frequency of 7920 h⁻¹, even at low irradiation intensity (50 mW cm⁻²), at room temperature. The synthesized photocatalyst could be recovered and reused six times without any loss of photoactivity.