Photocatalysis

  1. Cerium bismuth oxide nanocomposite showed stronger crystal violet degradation
    Cerium bismuth oxide nanocomposites show enhanced photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye under sunlight. Reduced bandgap energy and optimized composition enable efficient organic.
  2. Photocatalysis enabled synthesis of trifluoromethyl amidines and imidates
    Photocatalytic metal-free synthesis of α-trifluoromethyl amidines and imidates using isocyanides and trifluoroacetylsilanes, with mechanistic insights from DFT studies.
  3. CdIn2S4/Mo2TiC2 composite improved photocatalytic hydrogen production
    Mo2TiC2 MXene integrated with CdIn2S4 forms a Schottky heterojunction achieving 3.35 mmol·h−1g−1 hydrogen production rates without noble metal co-catalysts.
  4. In situ sensors enable simultaneous hydrogen and oxygen detection
    Real-time sensor platform for simultaneous H2 and O2 detection in photocatalytic water splitting, enabling kinetic characterization without conventional gas chromatography limitations.
  5. Sunlight-driven photocatalyst cleaves PFAS carbon–fluorine bonds
    Z-scheme photocatalyst CuInS2/BiOCl composite enables visible-light-driven degradation of PFAS through directed charge transfer, achieving 96% removal in sunlight-driven continuous-flow systems.
  6. Visible-light photocatalyst achieves near-complete PFAS defluorination
    Visible-light photocatalytic defluorination of PFAS using stabilized porphyrin radicals achieving near-complete conversion without additives.
  7. Pentafluoroethylation of styrenes expanded by a sulfoximine reagent
    Synthesis and photocatalytic application of pentafluoroethyl sulfoximine for difunctionalization of styrenes via concurrent C-C and C-heteroatom bond formation under mild conditions.
  8. Photoredox method enables deoxytrifluoromethoxylation of phenols
    Photoredox-catalyzed deoxytrifluoromethoxylation installs OCF3 groups on phenols via in situ difluorophosgene generation and aryl carbonofluoridate activation.