Surfactant-directed atomic to mesoscale alignment: Metal nanocrystals encased individually in single-crystalline porous nanostructures. Synthesis of single- or multi-core–shell structures for photocatalysis. Multifunctional core–shell nanostructures. Metal–organic frameworks and self-assembled supramolecular coordination complexes: Comparing and contrasting the design, synthesis, and functionality of metal–organic materials. Our results provide guidance for the development of new photocatalysts based on core–shell materials.Ĭook, T.
Furthermore, the concentration of CO in the products was significantly decreased, which benefits the application of to proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from formic acid over demonstrated that core–shell structures exhibit increased photocatalytic selectivity for H 2 generation from formic acid compared with pure CdS NPs. Both single-core–shell and multiple-core–shell were synthesized by varying the concentrations of the ZIF-8 precursor. Herein, we report the design of a new core–shell structure composed of semiconductor CdS NPs as the core and ZIF-8 as the shell. Much research attention has been focused on applying core–shell structures to gas storage and sensing, luminescence, lithium ion batteries, selective catalysis, and cascade reactions however, their application as photocatalysts has been reported much more rarely. Encapsulating well-defined nanoparticles (NPs) into metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to form core–shell structures not only combines their properties, but may also provide synergistic functionality.