Conversion
of alcohols into corresponding carbonyl compounds through
an oxidation reaction with high conversion and selectivity simultaneously
under mild conditions still remains a great challenge. Herein, a cost-effective
and highly efficient photocatalytic protocol for selective oxidation
of alcohols was developed using CsPbBr3 perovskite as a
heterogeneous photocatalyst, which afforded aldehydes/ketones exclusively
with a yield of 99% at ambient temperature under an air atmosphere.
Moreover, the photocatalyst can be recycled at least 5 times without
a significant decrease in catalytic activity. The detailed reaction
mechanism was investigated by a series of quenching experiments, including
Stern–Volmer experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance
spectroscopy analysis as well as DFT calculations.