Light-driven C–H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides

Jingang Li; Di Zhang; Zhongyuan Guo; Zhihan Chen; Xi Jiang; Jonathan M. Larson; Haoyue Zhu; Tianyi Zhang; Yuqian Gu; Brian W. Blankenship; Min Chen; Zilong Wu; Suichu Huang; Robert Kostecki; Andrew M. Minor; Costas P. Grigoropoulos; Deji Akinwande; Mauricio Terrones; Joan M. Redwing; Hao Li; Yuebing Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49783-z

Light-driven C–H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides

Jingang Li, Di Zhang, Zhongyuan Guo, Zhihan Chen, Xi Jiang, Jonathan M. Larson, Haoyue Zhu, Tianyi Zhang, Yuqian Gu, Brian W. Blankenship, Min Chen, Zilong Wu, Suichu Huang, Robert Kostecki, Andrew M. Minor, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Deji Akinwande, Mauricio Terrones, Joan M. Redwing, Hao LiYuebing Zheng

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C–H bond activation enables the facile synthesis of new chemicals. While C–H activation in short-chain alkanes has been widely investigated, it remains largely unexplored for long-chain organic molecules. Here, we report light-driven C–H activation in complex organic materials mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and the resultant solid-state synthesis of luminescent carbon dots in a spatially-resolved fashion. We unravel the efficient H adsorption and a lowered energy barrier of C–C coupling mediated by 2D TMDCs to promote C–H activation and carbon dots synthesis. Our results shed light on 2D materials for C–H activation in organic compounds for applications in organic chemistry, environmental remediation, and photonic materials.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5546
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49783-z
State	Published - Dec 2024

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General Chemistry
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Physics and Astronomy

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Li, J., Zhang, D., Guo, Z., Chen, Z., Jiang, X., Larson, J. M., Zhu, H., Zhang, T., Gu, Y., Blankenship, B. W., Chen, M., Wu, Z., Huang, S., Kostecki, R., Minor, A. M., Grigoropoulos, C. P., Akinwande, D., Terrones, M., Redwing, J. M., ... Zheng, Y. (2024). Light-driven C–H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 5546. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49783-z

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