Ke Feng

TL;DR: Without any sacrificial oxidant, the dual catalyst system could be used to produce aniline directly from benzene and ammonia, and phenol from Benzene and water, both with evolution of hydrogen gas under unusually mild conditions in excellent yields and selectivities.

TL;DR: This work describes a new type of reaction, namely cross-coupling hydrogen evolution (CCHE), with no use of any sacrificial oxidants, and only hydrogen (H2) is generated as a side product.

TL;DR: It is reported that chitosan, a natural polysaccharide, improves the efficiency and durability of a typical mimic of the diiron subsite of [FeFe]-hydrogenase for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

TL;DR: An EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) experiment provides direct evidence on the generation of superoxide radical anion (O2(-·)) rather than singlet oxygen ((1)O2) under irradiation of the reaction system, in contrast to that reported in the literature.

TL;DR: Researchers demonstrate that the synthetic strategy is general and the artificial photocatalyst holds promise for light capture, electron transfer, and catalysis at the surface of the Nih -CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots, leading to a self-healing system for H2 evolution in harmony.