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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 5139-5148Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10679h
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- MINECO, Spain, Juan de la Cierva [FJCI-2018-037717]
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In this study, a highly catalytic silver nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped carbon dots nanocomposite was successfully prepared using a microwave-assisted method, exhibiting excellent reduction performance for various dyes and maintaining catalytic activity through multiple cycles.
In the current work, a silver nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped carbon dots (AgNPs/NCDs) nanocomposite was prepared by a microwave-assisted method that does not require additional reducing or stabilizing agents. Multiple analytical techniques were used to characterize the prepared nanocomposite. The nanocomposite exhibited a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption peak at 420 nm, indicating the development of AgNPs with NCDs. Further, HRTEM results confirmed the formation of the nanocomposite with the appearance of lattice fringes of both materials. Additionally, the nanocomposite did not show any precipitation even after two months of storage. The nanocomposite exhibited high catalytic activity towards the reduction of rhodamine B (RhB, 98.83%), methyl red (MR, 97.14%) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP, 99.95%) at ambient temperature. Besides, the kinetic analysis revealed that the reduction reaction followed pseudo-first-order kinetics and the calculated rate constants (k) for rhodamine B (RhB), methyl red (MR) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) were found to be 0.0296 s(-1), 0.0233 s(-1) and 0.029 s(-1), respectively. Moreover, it is a reusable and stable catalyst for reduction reactions up to five cycles without significant loss in catalytic activity. Finally, a plausible mechanism for the reduction of pollutants is also discussed in detail. As a whole, the prepared nanocomposite might display stunning behaviour for wastewater treatment applications.
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