• 文献标题:   Functional Pd/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites: effect of reduction degree and doping in hydrodechlorination catalytic activity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RUIZGARCIA C, LEI Y, HERAS F, ELIAS AL, TERRONES M, GILARRANZ MA
  • 作者关键词:   reduced graphene oxide, nanoparticle, catalyst, chlorophenol, ndoped, nanostructured catalyst
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1388-0764 EI 1572-896X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Orleans
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11051-019-4696-x
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Pd catalysts supported on carbon have interesting features for chlorophenols-bearing water treatment by hydrodechlorination, including high stability, activity, and tunable support. In this work, a set of materials based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with different degrees of reduction, surface oxygen groups, nitrogen doping, and specific surface area were decorated with Pd nanoparticles, with diameter average size between 5 and 50 nm. Ethanol, hydrazine monohydrate, and sodium borohydride were used as reducing agents, and Pd(AcO)(2) was used as a Pd precursor to obtain Pd/rGO nanocomposites in our developed one-pot synthesis approach. A thorough characterization revealed that a similar degree of reduction was obtained for sodium borohydride at 25 degrees C and hydrazine at 60 degrees C, although hydrazine also led to nitrogen doping. Pd nanoparticles were homogenously nucleated on the surface of the GO and the obtained nanocomposites were tested as catalysts for hydrodechlorination of 4-chlorophenol in the aqueous phase. The materials with a higher degree of reduction showed the best specific catalytic activity at 70 degrees C. However, the turnover frequency (TOF) only increased with the reduction degree for the N-doped Pd/rGO, indicating the important role of the nitrogenous functionalities in the catalytic activity. Therefore, the N doping of Pd/rGO catalysts is a feasible strategy to synthesize catalysts highly active for hydrodechlorination.