Semiconductor quantum dots: a versatile platform for photoredox organic transformation

HL Wu, MY Qi, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), as a newfashioned light-absorbing material with great
promise in artificial photosystems, generally exhibit attractive photoactivity and selectivity in …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

V Etacheri, C Di Valentin, J Schneider… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

Selective organic transformations over cadmium sulfide-based photocatalysts

JY Li, YH Li, MY Qi, Q Lin, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of efficient catalyst for photoredox-catalyzed selective organic synthesis
has consitently been an attractive objective in recent years. Regarding semiconductor …

Quantum dot photocatalysts for organic transformations

Y Yuan, N Jin, P Saghy, L Dube, H Zhu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Quantum dots (QDs) with tunable photo-optical properties and colloidal nature are ideal for
a wide range of photocatalytic reactions. In particular, QD photocatalysts for organic …

Transition metal oxide nanoparticles as efficient catalysts in oxidation reactions

A Akbari, M Amini, A Tarassoli, B Eftekhari-Sis… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies on nano-sized particles have been the range for the past 10–15 years. With rapid
growth of metal oxide nanotechnologies during the last decades, the application of this …

Metal sulfide photocatalysis: visible‐light‐induced organic transformations

H Hao, X Lang - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Transition‐metal sulfides belong to an important subgroup of semiconductor photocatalysts
that could promote a variety of valuable redox reactions under mild conditions. One notable …

Selective photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural to 2, 5-furandicarboxyaldehyde in aqueous suspension of g-C3N4

I Krivtsov, EI García-López, G Marcì… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Graphitic carbon nitride assisted partial photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-
furfural (HMF) in aqueous medium was investigated. Different carbon nitride precursors …

ZnO/Ag2O/g-C3N4 composite heterostructures with Ag0-induced superior visible light photocatalytic activity via unique bi-phasic dye-degradation phenomena

D Das, P Sahu - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
ZnO-nanostructures, having low in-vivo toxicity and bio-degradability, need appropriate
architectures, aiding maximal photon absorption and minimal charge recombination, for …

Preparation, characterization and catalytic activity of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles as a magnetically recoverable catalyst for selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to …

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Bagherzadeh, H Karimi - Journal of colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The CoFe 2 O 4 nanoparticles (NPs) performance was studied in the oxidation of
benzyl alcohol (BzOH) to benzaldehyde (BzH) with hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant under …

Chalcogenide photocatalysts for selective oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes using O2 and visible light: A case study of CdIn2S4, CdS and In2S3

X Ye, Y Chen, C Ling, J Zhang, S Meng, X Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract CdIn 2 S 4, CdS and In 2 S 3 photocatalysts were fabricated via a facile
solvothermal method using indium chloride, cadmium nitrate and thiacetamide as …