Tuning of photocatalytic reduction by conduction band engineering of semiconductor quantum dots with experimental evaluation of the band edge potential†
Takafumi Suzuki,Hiroto Watanabe,Yuya Oaki,Hiroaki Imai
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/07/2016 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6CC01166G
Abstract

The conduction band edge (CBE) of WO3 quantum dots (QDs) was determined experimentally and engineered by size control to around one nanometer. Photocatalytic reactions of proton and molecular oxygen were tuned by changing the CBE of WO3-QDs.

Graphical abstract: Tuning of photocatalytic reduction by conduction band engineering of semiconductor quantum dots with experimental evaluation of the band edge potential