title: Highly efficient and selective photocatalytic reduction of nitroarenes using the Ni2P/CdS catalyst under visible-light irradiation.
abstract: A highly efficient and selective heterogeneous photocatalytic system for nitro reduction to amino organics was established using CdS, Ni2P and Na2S/Na2SO3 as a photosensitizer, a cocatalyst and a sacrificial electron donor in aqueous solution, respectively. Two competing pathways for photocatalytic H2 production and nitro reduction were found. Also, the reduction of nitroarenes to aniline was confirmed to proceed through both the direct and condensation routes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. fuwf@mail.ipc.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Wen-Zheng
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Fu
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide; D010758:Phosphorus; D009532:Nickel