Synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene coupled acid fuchsin photocatalyst turns aryl-vinyl into aromatic aldehydes under visible light

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Manish, ^a | Yadav, Rajesh K.^{a; *} | Singh, Satyam^a | Shahin, Rehana^a | Singh, Chandani^d | Nayak, Ripsa Rani^e | Singh, Atul P.^f | Tiwary, Dhanesh^b | Kumar, Pramod^c | Baeg, Jin OoK^{d; *} | Gupta, Navneet Kumar^e

Affiliations: [a] Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P., India | [b] Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi, U.P., India | [c] Department of Chemistry, Rajju Bhaiya Institute University, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, U.P., India | [d] Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea, South Korea | [e] Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere, Bengaluru, India | [f] Department of Chemistry, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding authors. Rajesh K. Yadav, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur-273010, U.P., India. E-mail: rajeshkr_yadav2003@yahoo.co.in and Jin OoK Baeg, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, W2, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34114, Korea, South Korea. E-mail: jobaeg@krict.re.kr.

Abstract: A schematic strategy is presented to overcome the problem of low photocatalytic performance of graphene. Herein, we synthesized nitrogen-doped graphene (NDG)-coupled acid fuchsin (AF) photocatalyst, i.e.; NDGCAF photocatalyst. The NDGCAF photocatalyst has excellent solar light harvesting ability, band gap suitability, and high molar extinction coefficient than the NDG photocatalyst. Due to these properties, the NDGCAF photocatalyst has the ability to oxidize aryl-vinyl into aryl-vinyl-aldehyde under the irradiation of visible light. In this context, it exhibited the utmost conversion efficiency of aryl-vinyl to aryl-vinyl-aldehyde with a good yield of 98.15% . Current research highlights the significant application of NDGCAF light-harvesting photocatalysts in the research field of organic transformations.

Keywords: Nitrogen-doped graphene (NDG), NDGCAF photocatalyst, aryl-vinyl

DOI: 10.3233/MGC-230076

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024