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Amine functional silica-supported bimetallic Cu-Ni nanocatalyst and investigation of some typical reductions of aromatic nitro-substituents

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COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 300, Issue 4, Pages 279-296

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-021-04910-w

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Supported Cu-Ni nanocatalyst; Catalytic reductions; Aromatic nitro-substituents; Kinetics

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Preparation and application of amine functionalized silica (NH2-SiO2)-supported Cu-Ni nanocatalyst is reported, demonstrating superior catalytic activity in the chemical reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) with high conversion rate and good recyclability.
Herein, preparation and application of amine functionalized silica (NH2-SiO2)-supported Cu-Ni nanocatalyst are reported. Cu-Ni nanoparticles (NPs) are doped on the NH2-SiO2 support via in situ simultaneous reduction of Cu and Ni ions. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern revealed the face-centered-cubic (fcc) crystalline alloy structure of Cu-Ni NPs in the NH2-SiO2/Cu-Ni nanocatalyst. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses showed that anchored Cu-Ni NPs contained Cu-0 and Cu2+ species, while Ni was present at its bivalent state (Ni2+). In comparison to the unsupported Cu-Ni bimetal NPs, the supported NH2-SiO2/Cu-Ni nanocatalyst showed superior catalytic activity in chemical reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP), giving 98.5% conversion at pH 6 within 15 min. The kinetics preferably followed the pseudo-first-order rate model. The NH2-SiO2/Cu-Ni nanocatalyst is recoverable magnetically from the reaction media and can be recycled up to six cycles without much loss in catalytic activity.

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