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meantime, the H2O2, as the formed intermediate, can react with the
benzyl alcohol substrate. However, the existence of H2O2 turns out to
have no obvious influence on the reaction process (Table S2, ESI,†
entries 5–7). Afterwards, the formed H2O2 could also turn into H2O
via a series of reactions.
In summary, the monolayer Bi2MoO6 nanosheets are first
synthesized via a surfactant-assisted route. The monolayer Bi2MoO6
nanosheets can remarkably boost the activity for the photocatalytic
oxidation of benzylic alcohols, which is attributed to their molecular
thickness, larger surface areas, ultrafast charge separation, higher
capacity of oxygen activation, and the fact that they have more Lewis
acid–base active sites and can form abundant surface complexes.
We believe that this work will provide new insight into designing
highly efficient and robust single layer nanosheet catalysts and
transforming organic contaminants.
This work was supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (51672048 and 21677036) and the major
science and technology projects of Fujian Province (2015YZ0001-1).
S. Liang also thanks the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian
Province for the Distinguished Young Scholars Fund (2016J06004).
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