The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Photoinduced reduction of nitro compounds on semiconductor particles

F Mahdavi, TC Bruton, Y Li

Index: Mahdavi, Farah; Bruton, Thomas C.; Li, Yuzhuo Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 3 p. 744 - 746

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Abstract

Irradiation of a wide band gap semiconductor (SC) promotes one electron from the valence band (VB) to the conduction band (CB). The excited state of the SC can be expressed aa SC (e-, h+). l The electron in the conduction band is readily available for transference while the electron hole in the valence band is open for donationa2 A reactant that receives the electron from SC would be reduced, while a reactant that donatee an electron to SC would ...