Photooxidation of phenols in aqueous solution, catalyzed by mononuclear and polynuclear metal phthalocyanine complexes

Preparation, chemical modification and absorption properties of various phthalocyanines

“…Active oxygen is generated either in the form of singlet oxygen 1 O 2 or as a superoxide radical [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Besides being used as photocatalysts in environmental chemistry, PHCs also attract a large amount of attention in visible light sensitisation in solar cell technology, photodynamic therapy in medicine and gas sensors in physics and engineering.…”

Synthesis and electrochemical properties of benzyl-mercapto and dodecyl-mercapto tetrasubstituted manganese phthalocyanine complexes

“…They have attracted a lot of research interest due to their unique physico-chemical properties and nowadays they are being used in various research areas such as photosensitization in photodegradation of pollutants [1], [2] and [3] and photodynamic therapy (PDT) [4] and [5], and in non-linear optics [6]. They have also been found to be useful in electrode modification for use as electrocatalysts and electrochemical sensors.…”

Rapid degradation of bisphenol A using air as the oxidant catalyzed by polynuclear phthalocyanine complexes under visible light irradiation

“…Some polynuclear cobalt phthalocyanine complexes exhibit a much higher specific activity to activate the oxygen than the mononuclear compound in the oxidation of sulfide [29]. As the photocatalyst in the photooxidation of sulfide, thiosulfate, and phenol, the catalytic activity per mole of the polynuclear zinc and aluminium complexes is two to five times higher than that of the respective mononuclear phthalocyanine complexes [30,31].…”