The Mars–Van Krevelen cycle and non-noble metal Ni jointly promoting Z-scheme charge transfer: a study on the photothermal synergy effect applied in selectively oxidizing aromatic alcohols

This work reports the successful construction of a novel 60% NCO/CdS composite catalyst for oxidizing aromatic alcohols by photothermal catalysis under atmospheric pressure with nearly 100% selectivity. A photothermal synergy mechanism was proposed.