Solar fuels: research and development strategies to accelerate photocatalytic CO 2 conversion into hydrocarbon fuels

E Gong, S Ali, CB Hiragond, HS Kim… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic production of solar fuels from CO2 is a promising strategy for addressing
global environmental problems and securing future energy supplies. Although extensive …

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 …

Near field scattering optical model-based catalyst design for artificial photoredox transformation

MY Qi, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The sun offers a clean and renewable energy cornucopia, whereas how to utilize this
inexhaustible yet decentralized energy with the assistance of appropriate media is an …

Lead-halide perovskites for photocatalytic α-alkylation of aldehydes

X Zhu, Y Lin, Y Sun, MC Beard… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cost-effective and efficient photocatalysis are highly desirable in chemical synthesis. Here
we demonstrate that readily prepared suspensions of APbBr3 (A= Cs or methylammonium …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in organic synthesis

S Gisbertz, B Pieber - ChemPhotoChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Visible light photocatalysis relies mainly on expensive noble metal complexes and organic
dyes that are not recyclable. Heterogeneous semiconductors, which are mainly applied for …

Lead halide perovskites for photocatalytic organic synthesis

X Zhu, Y Lin, J San Martin, Y Sun, D Zhu… - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Nature is capable of storing solar energy in chemical bonds via photosynthesis through a
series of C–C, C–O and C–N bond-forming reactions starting from CO2 and light. Direct …

CdS quantum dots as potent photoreductants for organic chemistry enabled by auger processes

JK Widness, DG Enny… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Strong reducing agents (<− 2.0 V vs saturated calomel electrode (SCE)) enable a wide array
of useful organic chemistry, but suffer from a variety of limitations. Stoichiometric metallic …

Critical overview on the green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their application for cancer therapy

LJ Desmond, AN Phan, P Gentile - Environmental Science: Nano, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer therapeutic systems can help to confront and overcome many different strands of
tumours in clinical patients. Despite the benefits, current therapeutic systems present clear …

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 …

Stereoselective C−C Oxidative Coupling Reactions Photocatalyzed by Zwitterionic Ligand Capped CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots

Y Yuan, H Zhu, K Hills‐Kimball, T Cai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have attracted tremendous attention in the field of
photocatalysis, owing to their superior optoelectronic properties for photocatalytic reactions …