Supporting Information

Stabilizing CuPd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles deposited

on holey carbon nitride for selective hydroxylation of

benzene to phenol

Yifan Zhang and Soo-Jin Park*

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, South Korea

*Corresponding author. Tel: +82-32-860-7234; Fax: +82-32-860-5604

E-mail address: sjpark@inha.ac.kr (S.-J. Park)

Fig. S1. SEM images of (a) pristine C3N4; (b) holey C3N4.

Fig. S2. XPS patterns of HCN-5 before and after 5 cycles.

Fig. S3. XRD patterns of HCN-5 before and after 5 cycles.

Fig. S4. Photocatalytic performance of HCN-5 with different species of quenchers.

Fig. S5. Structures and geometry optimization of benzene and phenol.

Table S1 Actual CuPd content from ICP-OES analysis of the as prepared samples.

PhotocatalystTheoretical Cu/Pd

loading (wt.%)

Actual Cu/Pd

loading (wt.%)

HCN 0 0HCN/Cu 0.5 0.45HCN/Pd 0.5 0.43HCN-1 0.1 0.032/0.038HCN-3 0.3 0.11/0.10HCN-5 0.5 0.18/0.23HCN-7 0.7 0.32/0.31