Facile fabrication of a Cu@g-C3N4 nanocatalyst and its application for the aerobic oxidations of alkylaromatics and the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

In this study, the Cu@g-C₃N₄ exhibited excellent catalytic performance for the oxidation of ethylbenzene with 98.8% conversion and 94.0% selectivity, and the active parameter k as 1.134 s⁻¹ mM⁻¹ for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.