High-quality semiconductor supported Au particles have been successfully made using a simple seeded growth approach. The two Au catalysts produced have shown enhanced photocatalytic performance in the reduction of 4-nitropheno. Read on in the recent free-to-access Hot Article:
Synthesis of high-quality I–III–VI semiconductor supported Au particles and their catalytic performance
Xiao Wang, Dapeng Liu, Shuyan Song and Hongjie Zhang
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00372D