@article{Li2020, 
author = {Zhenxing Li and Yixuan Gong and Xin Zhang and Yangyang Wen and Jiasai Yao and Mingliang Hu and Miao He and Jiahao Liu and Rui Li and Fuqiang Wang and Chuanxin Zhang},
title = {Plasmonic coupling-enhanced in situ photothermal nanoreactor with shape selective catalysis for C-C coupling reaction},
year = {2020},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {13},
number = {10},
pages = {2812-2818},
keywords = {photocatalysis, metal-organic framework, nanoreactor, shape selective catalysis, C-C coupling reaction},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-020-2933-3},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-020-2933-3},
abstract = {Carbon-carbon (C-C) coupling reactions represent one of the most powerful tools for the synthesis of complex natural products, bioactive molecules developed as drugs and agrochemicals. In this work, a multifunctional nanoreactor for C-C coupling reaction was successfully fabricated via encapsulating the core-shell Cu@Ni nanocubes into ZIF-8 (Cu@Ni@ZIF-8). In this nanoreactor, Ni shell of the core-shell Cu@Ni nanocubes was the catalytical active center, and Cu core was in situ heating source for the catalyst by absorbing the visible light. Moreover, benefiting from the plasmonic resonance effect between Cu@Ni nanocubes encapsulated in ZIF-8, the absorption range of nanoreactor was widened and the utilization rate of visible light was enhanced. Most importantly, the microporous structure of ZIF-8 provided shape-selective of reactant. This composite was used for the highly shape-selective and stable photocatalysed C-C coupling reaction of boric acid under visible light irradiation. After five cycles, the nanoreactor still remained high catalytical activity. This Cu@Ni@ZIF-8 nanoreactor opens a way for photocatalytic C-C coupling reactions with shape-selectivity.}
}