Photocatalytic activity enhancement of Cu<sub>2</sub>O cubes functionalized with 2-ethynyl-6-methoxynaphthalene through band structure modulation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photocatalytic activity enhancement of Cu₂O cubes functionalized with 2-ethynyl-6-methoxynaphthalene through band structure modulation

Published:2022 Issue:10 Volume:10 Page:3980-3989
ISSN:2050-7526
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry C
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. C

Author:

Patra Anindya Sundar¹,Kao Jui-Cheng²,Chan Shang-Ju¹,Chou Po-Jung¹,Chou Jyh-Pin³^ORCID,Lo Yu-Chieh²,Huang Michael H.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan

2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan

3. Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50007, Taiwan

Abstract

Inert Cu2O cubes become photocatalytically active with 2E-6-MN functionalization. The molecule-derived bands within the band gap of Cu2O and charge density distribution over the molecule contribute to the photocatalytic activity appearance.

Funder

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/TC/D1TC05278K

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