Visible-light-driven amino acids production from biomass-based feedstocks over ultrathin CdS nanosheets

Song Song; Jiafu Qu; Peijie Han; Max J. Hülsey; Guping Zhang; Yunzhu Wang; Shuai Wang; Dongyun Chen; Jianmei Lu; Ning Yan

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18532-3

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Visible-light-driven amino acids production from biomass-based feedstocks over ultrathin CdS nanosheets

Song Song,
Jiafu Qu,
Peijie Han,
Max J. Hülsey,
Guping Zhang,
Yunzhu Wang,
Shuai Wang,
Dongyun Chen,
Jianmei Lu,
Ning Yan

Affiliations

Song Song: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jiafu Qu: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Peijie Han: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Max J. Hülsey: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Guping Zhang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Yunzhu Wang: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Shuai Wang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Dongyun Chen: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Jianmei Lu: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Ning Yan: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18532-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Chemical production of amino acids from renewable carbon sources in an energy-saving manner is highly desirable. Here, the authors report visible-light-driven, CdS nanosheets-promoted synthesis of amino acids from biomass-based feedstock and NH3 under mild reaction conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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