Boosting chemoselective reduction of 4-nitrostyrene <i>via</i> photoinduced energetic electrons from <i>in situ</i> formed Cu nanoparticles on carbon dots
Yuqi Ren, Caihong Hao, Qing Chang, Ning Li, Jinlong Yang, Shengliang Hu
Abstract
A stable nanocatalyst combining carbon dots and Cu nanoparticles shows over 99% selectivity for the formation of 4-aminostyrene at 100% conversion of 4-nitrostyrene in an aqueous solvent under illumination.
Topics & Concepts
In situNanoparticleBoosting (machine learning)Carbon fibersReduction (mathematics)ElectronCarbon NanoparticlesNanotechnologyPhotochemistryChemistryMaterials scienceChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryPhysicsNuclear physicsComputer scienceMachine learningGeometryMathematicsEngineeringComposite materialComposite numberNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications