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PdS-modified ZnCdS nanorods for photocatalytic anaerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural coupled with hydrogen evolution

Ning Sha,a   Ming-Yu Qi, ORCID logo *b   Yi Zhang,a   Hui-Li Wu,a   Yi-Jun Xu ORCID logo ab  and  Zi-Rong Tang ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China

b School of Materials and Energy & Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
E-mail: myqi@uestc.edu.cn, zrtang@uestc.edu.cn

Abstract

This work reports a PdS-modified ZnCdS (PdS/ZCS) composite for the anaerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran along with hydrogen evolution. Compared to pristine ZCS, PdS/ZCS exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity, attributed to PdS as an oxidation co-catalyst, which facilitates the charge carrier separation and enables more efficient generation of ˙CH(OH)C5H3O2 radical intermediates.

Graphical abstract: PdS-modified ZnCdS nanorods for photocatalytic anaerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural coupled with hydrogen evolution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04315H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jul 2025
Accepted
09 Sep 2025
First published
10 Sep 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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PdS-modified ZnCdS nanorods for photocatalytic anaerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural coupled with hydrogen evolution

N. Sha, M. Qi, Y. Zhang, H. Wu, Y. Xu and Z. Tang, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04315H

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