Versatile Open-Source Photoreactor Architecture for Photocatalysis Across the Visible Spectrum

2021/06/23 by Philip P. Lampkin, Blaise J. Thompson, Samuel H. Gellman · 1 voice · 2 citations
Energy · Chemistry · #Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques #Radical Photochemical Reactions #TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

paper · doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01910

Abstract

Adoption of commercial photoreactors as standards for photocatalysis research could be limited by high cost. We report the development of the Wisconsin Photoreactor Platform (WPP), an open-source photoreactor architecture potentially suitable for general adoption. The WPP integrates inexpensive commercial components and common high-intensity LEDs in a 3D-printed enclosure. Dimensions and features of WPP reactors can be readily varied and configurations easily reproduced. WPP performance is evaluated using literature transformations driven by light of disparate wavelengths.

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• #chemsky, have you used a Wisconsin Photoreactor? I designed them and will soon defend my PhD. I’d like to include photos of Wisconsin Photoreactors in use by other chemists in my defense. Please shar [bsky, 38 points, 1 comments]

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