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Assembling molecular semiconductor composites for enhanced photocatalytic cyclohexene oxidation
Haiyan Yu1, Xueting Wang1, Tingting Kong1
1Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, P. R. China. xfcui@ahnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Here, a molecular semiconductor composite was assembled by integrating atomically precise Ti12-oxo clusters and phosphotungstic acid (PTA) into a cocrystal system. A molecular heterojunction was demonstrated to form between the two units, which allows the charge separation efficiency to be enhanced, resulting in a two-fold increase in photocatalytic activity for cyclohexene oxidation compared to the physically mixed composite.
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