Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Cross‐Coupling Reactions on Nano Pd/ZnO Photocatalyst at Room‐Temperature

Abstract In this paper, we report a highly efficient photocatalytic activity of nano Pd/ZnO in cross‐coupling reactions including Suzuki‐Miyaura, Hiyama and Buch‐wald‐Hartwig reactions under visible light irradiation at ambient temperatures. This study shows that nano Pd/ZnO is a good photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic activity of nano Pd/ZnO depends on the irradiation light intensity and wavelength. The results of photocatalysis demonstrate that nano Pd/ZnO, shows good result with high efficiency and selectivity and it can be recycled and reused several times without any significant loss in catalytic reactivity.