  The conversion of biomass-derived materials into value-added products via
photocatalysis holds significant promise in driving the development of
renewable resources. However, since catalytic processes often require high
temperatures and pressures, most catalysts are quite difficult to meet the
requirements of high selectivity and high activity simultaneously. Herein, a
plasmon-promoted photocatalyst, integrating Ag nanowires with metal-organic
frameworks (MOFs)-confined Pd nanoparticles, is rationally designed to afford
AgNWs/ZIF-8/Pd which achieve highly selective and efficient catalytic
hydrogenation toward 2(5H)-Furanone under mild conditions. The plasmonic
AgNWs/ZIF-8/Pd exhibited much stronger photocatalytic activity and higher
selectivity compared with AgNWS/ZIF-8 and ZIF-8/Pd. The enhanced activity can
be attributed to the synergistic coupling between Pd nanoparticles and AgNWs,
and the possible reaction mechanism is proposed. This work provides a new
approach to constructing efficient photocatalysts and offers new insights into
the understanding of the influence of the plasmonic effect on photocatalytic
hydrogenation reactions.
