Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
Nanoscale. 2012 Apr 7;4(7):2227-38. doi: 10.1039/c2nr00009a. Epub 2012 Feb 24.
The creation of core-shell nanocomposites (CSNs) has attracted considerable attention and developed into an increasingly important research area at the frontier of advanced materials chemistry. CSNs, which are nanoscaled assemblies with a chemical composition that is different on the surface compared to the core region, have found versatile applications in many fields, such as electrooptics, quantum dots, microscopy labels, drug delivery, chemical sensors, nanoreactors and catalysis. This review is primarily focused on the applications of metal core@semiconductor shell nanocomposites in heterogeneous photocatalysis, including photocatalytic nonselective processes for environmental remediation, selective organic transformations to fine chemicals and water splitting to clean hydrogen energy. It is hoped that this minireview can inspire multidisciplinary research interest in the precisely morphology-controlled synthesis of a variety of metal core@semiconductor shell nanoassemblies and their wide applications in the realm of heterogeneous photocatalysis.
核壳纳米复合材料（CSNs）的构建引起了广泛关注，并已发展成为先进材料化学前沿领域日益重要的研究方向。CSNs 是纳米级组装体，其表面的化学组成与核心区域不同，在电光、量子点、显微镜标记、药物输送、化学传感器、纳米反应器和催化等多个领域有着广泛的应用。本综述主要关注金属核@半导体壳纳米复合材料在多相光催化中的应用，包括用于环境修复的光催化非选择性过程、选择性有机转化为精细化学品以及水分解为清洁氢能。希望这篇简评能够激发多学科研究兴趣，促进各种金属核@半导体壳纳米组装体的精确形态控制合成，并在多相光催化领域得到广泛应用。
