Engineering Dual Active Sites of Au Nanoparticles and Nitrogen Vacancies for Enhanced Photocatalytic Toluene Selective Oxidation

The efficient and selective activation of C(sp3)-H bonds in toluene plays a pivotal role in the synthesis of value-added chemicals, yet achieving this transformation under mild conditions remains a challenge. Herein, the Au nanoparticles supported on rich-nitrogen vacancies on C3N4 (AuNPs/C3N4-NV) a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 41(2025), 36 vom: 16. Sept., Seite 24882-24894
1. Verfasser: Zheng, Renhua (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chen, Chen, Li, Juan, Sun, Qiankun, Liu, Jingru, Guan, Xiangyi, Wang, Tianle, Yan, Ruiqiang, Wang, Kai, Wang, Ting, Chen, Wei, Song, Zhenjun, Huang, Guobo
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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700 1 |a Liu, Jingru  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Guan, Xiangyi  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Wang, Tianle  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Yan, Ruiqiang  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Wang, Kai  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Wang, Ting  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Chen, Wei  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Song, Zhenjun  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Huang, Guobo  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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