A Six-Week Student-Led Project Designed to Provide Insight into Modern Photochemistry Research
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide An advanced chemistry laboratory project has been developed to introduce final year undergraduate students to organic photocatalyst design using benzo[ c ][1,2,5]thiadiazole (BTZ) photocatalysts, prepared via a single Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling from cheap starting materials, as the example. This project took on a research lab style structure, and over the course of 6 weeks students were tasked to (1) synthesize and study the photophysical properties of three BTZ-based photocatalysts; (2) apply the BTZ photocatalysts to a test photoredox reaction using cheap home-built LEDs, and (3) perform rudimentary computational calculations to rationalize key experimental results.
Source: Journal of Chemical Education
Institution: Heriot-Watt University
Language: English
Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
OpenAlex ID: W4408191283