Visible-light-driven conversion of organic compounds over WO3-based microtubes with mesoporous-walled structure

Abstract

Pd-WO₃ microtubes with mesoporous-walled structure were prepared through a template-free urea assisted solvothermal method followed by reductive calcination, which demonstrated multifunctional photocatalytic performances depending on the pollutant target, (e.g. complete oxidation of dye molecules, and partial oxidation of propan-2-ol with high selectivity for acetone generation).