Journal
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 358, Issue 4, Pages 758-764Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.12.022
Keywords
Soft reactor; Smart hydrogel; 4-nitro reduction; Catalysis; Composites
Funding
- Turkish Academy of Science
- TUBITAK [108T222]
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A novel hydrogel based on poly(sulfopropylmethacrylate) (p(SPM) with different crosslinking degrees was synthesized and characterized. The prepared hydrogels were for the first time, utilized for in situ metal nanoparticle preparation such as Ni, Co, and Cu and employed as a reaction media in catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), and 2-nitrophenol (2-NP) to 4-aminophenol and 2-aminophenol, respectively. The experimental parameters that effect reduction rates such as temperature and the amount of catalyst were investigated. The kinetics of the reduction reaction of nitro compounds under different reaction conditions were investigated to determine the activation parameter. Activation energies were found as 33.86 kJ mol(-1) and 24.96 kJ mol(-1) for 4-NP and 2-NP, respectively. It was found that hydrogel-Cu composites can provide 98% activity even at the end of the 7th repetitive usage. (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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