@article{Yu2018, 
author = {Zhanjun Yu and Zheng Chen and Yueguang Chen and Qing Peng and Rui Lin and Yu Wang and Rongan Shen and Xing Cao and Zhongbin Zhuang and Yadong Li},
title = {Photocatalytic hydrogenation of nitroarenes using Cu1.94S-Zn0.23Cd0.77S heteronanorods},
year = {2018},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {11},
number = {7},
pages = {3730-3738},
keywords = {selectivity, hydrogenation, photocatalytic, nitroarene, heteronanorods},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-017-1944-1},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-017-1944-1},
abstract = {Catalytic hydrogenation is an important process in the chemical industry. Traditional catalysts require the effective cleavage of hydrogen molecules on the metal-catalyst surface, which is difficult to achieve with non-noble metal catalysts. In this work, we report a new hydrogenation method based on water/proton reduction, which is completely different from the catalytic cleavage of hydrogen molecules. Active hydrogen species and photo-generated electrons can be directly applied to the hydrogenation process with Cu1.94S-Zn0.23Cd0.77S semiconductor heterojunction nanorods. Nitrobenzene, with a variety of substituent groups, can be efficiently reduced to the corresponding aniline without the addition of hydrogen gas. This is a novel and direct pathway for hydrogenation using non-noble metal catalysts.}
}