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Screening Commercial Semiconductors for Visible Light Driven Asymmetric Catalysis
Author(s) -
Zhang Yin,
Zhu Yanfei,
Zhou Wencai,
Qiu Xueying,
Tang Zhiyong
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201700280
Subject(s) - semiconductor , catalysis , enantiomeric excess , photocatalysis , materials science , visible spectrum , nanotechnology , enantiomer , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , enantioselective synthesis , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
To find cheap and commercially available materials that are efficient in the catalytic process is of paramount importance for practical application in both chemical and biomedical engineering. As‐purchased nanosized semiconductors are systematically investigated as catalysts in visible light driven asymmetric reactions with the help of chiral ligands. Significantly, among varied semiconductors, WO 3 exhibits the best performance with 91% enantiomeric excess and 95% conversion ratio.