?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.227208&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Promoting+nickel+catalysts+by+visible-light+illuminated+gold+and+palladium+nanoparticles&rft.creator=Wu%2C+Xiayan&rft.subject=Photocatalysis&rft.subject=Plasmonic+photocatalysts&rft.subject=Visible+light&rft.subject=Lignin+model+compounds&rft.subject=Surface+plasmon+resonance&rft.subject=Organic+synthesis&rft.subject=Cross-coupling+reactions&rft.description=This+research+focuses+on+promoting+nickel-based+catalysts+by+visible-light+illuminated+gold+and+palladium+nanoparticles+in+fine+organic+synthesis.+Using+lignin+model+compound+cleavage+as+the+model+reaction%2C+the+performance+of+three+distinct+systems%2C+in-situ+formed+Ni(OH)2+on+ZrO2+supported+Au+NPs%2C+non-plasmonic+NiPd+alloy+NPs+supported+on+ZrO2+and+the+mechanical+mixture+of+ZrO2+supported+Au+NPs+and+Ni+NPs+are+investigated.+Ultra-low+palladium+loading+on+sodium+titanate+sheets+for+Heck+cross-coupling+reaction+under+visible+light+is+also+studied.+This+research+has+provided+innovative+findings+in+new+photocatalyst+design+and+application.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F227208%2F1%2FXiayan_Wu_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.227208&rft.relation=Wu%2C+Xiayan+(2021)+Promoting+nickel+catalysts+by+visible-light+illuminated+gold+and+palladium+nanoparticles.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F227208%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Science%3B+School+of+Chemistry+%26+Physics