Cu1.8S-Passivated carbon dots for enhancing photocatalytic activity?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2017-01-31 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09508A

Abstract

To allow low cost and green carbon dots (CDs) to play a central role in photocatalysis, here we present a strategy in which their photocatalytic activities can be significantly improved by combining them with a small amount of Cu1.8S. Not only can Cu1.8S-passivated CDs more efficiently reduce benzoquinone species to phenols than CDs alone, but can also enhance the formation rate of ˙OH radicals under visible irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Cu1.8S-Passivated carbon dots for enhancing photocatalytic activity
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