Photocatalytic reduction of methyl yellow by CdS nanoparticles mediated in reverse micelles: microheterogeneous electron transfer across a water–oil boundary

Abstract

A microheterogeneous photocatalytic reduction system mediated in AOT–isooctane reverse micelles is reported, using CdS nanoparticles prepared in the aqueous phase as the catalyst and methyl yellow solubilized in the organic phase as a probe for the photoreduction.