Fig. 2: Catalytic reaction study.
a–e, Reduction of nitrobenzene (NB) (a) using CuFeS2 NCs (b) for different reaction times and amounts of NB and hydrazine hydrate, using in all cases 10 mg catalyst (labels inside the bars are the corresponding TOF values), with different catalyst amounts (c) (4 h reaction time), aniline yield at different environmental temperatures (d) (4 h, 16 mmol hydrazine, 5 mmol nitrobenzene, 10 mg catalyst) and under controlled temperature or light (e). Reaction conditions for e were nitrobenzene, 1 mmol; hydrazine hydrate, 1 ml; catalyst, 2 mg and under light/heat irradiation with continuous stirring for 4 h. cat., catalyst; hzn., hydrazine.
