Yu-Ji Gao

TL;DR: Visible-light irradiation of CdSe QDs was found to result in virtually quantitative coupling of a variety of thiols to give disulfides and H2 without the need for sacrificial reagents or external oxidants, which may be useful for the formation of disulfide bonds in proteins as well as in systems sensitive to the presence of oxidants.

TL;DR: In this article, the first example of CO2 reduction integrated with the oxidative organic synthesis by solar energy is described, where 1-Phenylethanol with electron-donating groups at the p-position of aryl ring is converted to corresponding pinacols with excellent yields up to 98%.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that self-assembly is a promising way to improve the sluggish kinetics of the interparticle ET process, which is the key step for advanced H2 photosynthesis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile aqueous approach to synthesize heterostructured CdSe/CdS QDs with all-inorganic chalcogenide S2− ligands under mild conditions is presented.

TL;DR: A mechanistic study reveals that the exceptional performance of the photocathode is derived from the efficient hole transfer process, which is unprecedented in the field of sensitized photocathodes for H2 production.