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- Title
Design and Characterization of Ag@Cu 2 O-rGO Nanocomposite for the p -Nitrophenol Reduction.
- Authors
Song, Chao; Guo, Shuang; Chen, Lei
- Abstract
In this paper, we designed Ag nanoparticles coated with a Cu2O shell, which was successfully decorated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) via a solid-state self-reduction. The Cu2O, Ag@Cu2O, and Ag@Cu2O-rGO nanocomposites were synthesized and characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–Vis, and XPS to evaluate the properties of the composites. In order to compare the chemical catalytic activity, the Cu2O, Ag@Cu2O, and Ag@Cu2O-rGO nanocomposites were employed for the catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol (4-NP) into p-aminophenol (4-AP) in aqueous solution. The Ag@Cu2O-rGO nanocomposite exhibited excellent catalytic activity due to the intense interaction and high degree of electron transfer among Ag, Cu2O, and rGO. The rGO acted as the platform to bridge the isolated nanoparticles; furthermore, the electrons could quickly transfer from the Ag core to the Cu2O shell, which improved the chemical catalytic efficiency.
- Subjects
NITROPHENOLS; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; CHARGE exchange; SCANNING electron microscopy; CATALYTIC reduction
- Publication
Catalysts (2073-4344), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
2073-4344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/catal11010043