Selective and Generic Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohol with Pd-TiO Thin Films: Butanols to Butanal/Butanone with Different Morphologies of Pd and 0.5θ -Pd Counterparts.

The present study reports on the photocatalytic oxidation of butanols to butanal/butanone using thin film form of facet-dependent nano-Pd supported on commercial TiO under one-sun condition and demonstrates the generic nature. Pd-nanocube (Pd (100)), Pd-truncated octahedron (Pd (100) and (111)), polycrystalline (Pd ), and their counterparts with half-a-monolayer Pt-coated on Pd (0.5θ -Pd)) have been used as co-catalyst.