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Applications of Nanomaterials in Asymmetric Photocatalysis: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Author(s) -
Qiu Xueying,
Zhang Yin,
Zhu Yanfei,
Long Chang,
Su Lina,
Liu Shaoqin,
Tang Zhiyong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.202001731
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , materials science , environmentally friendly , reuse , metal organic framework , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , waste management , engineering , ecology , adsorption , biology
Asymmetric catalysis is one of the most attractive strategies to obtain important enantiomerically pure chemicals with high quality and production. In addition, thanks to the abundant and sustainable advantages of solar energy, photocatalysis possesses great potential in environmentally benign reactions. Undoubtedly, asymmetric photocatalysis meets the strict demand of modern chemistry: environmentally friendly and energy‐sustainable alternatives. Compared with homogeneous asymmetric photocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis has features of easy separation, recovery, and reuse merits, thus being cost‐ and time‐effective. Herein, the state‐of‐the‐art progress in asymmetric photocatalysis by heterogeneous nanomaterials is addressed. The discussion comprises two sections based on the type of nanomaterials: typical inorganic semiconductors like TiO 2 and quantum dots and emerging porous materials including metal–organic frameworks, porous organic polymers, and organic cages. Finally, the challenges and future developments of heterogeneous asymmetric photocatalysis are proposed.