Efficient UV-vis-IR photothermocatalytic selective ethanol oxidation on MnOx/TiO2 nanocomposites significantly enhanced by a novel photoactivation

MnO_x/TiO₂ nanocomposites exhibit good catalytic activity and excellent durability for photothermocatalytic selective ethanol oxidation under UV-vis-IR and IR irradiation. A novel photoactivation is found to significantly enhance catalytic activity due to activation energy being reduced upon irradiation.