Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 50, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa95a2
Keywords
mesoporous carbon; cellulose nanocrystals; 4-nitrophenol reduction; metal-free; catalysis
Funding
- NSERC
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- AITF
- ATUMS - NSERC CREATE program
- ATUMS - DFG IRTG (IRTG) program
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In this contribution, we demonstrate the fabrication of hollow mesoporous carbon spheres (HCSs) derived from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). The HCSs were prepared by templating CNCs onto sacrificial silica spheres followed by heat treatment. Mesoporous carbon spheres result from the removal of the silica spheres by etching. The walls of the HCSs are approximately 4 nm thick and are composed of amorphous and graphitic carbon. The catalytic activity of the HCSs was investigated for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) by sodium borohydride (NaBH4). The present investigation reveals the outstanding catalytic activity of these particles. The reaction rate followed pseudo-first order kinetics with k value of 4.72. x. 10(-3) s(-1) and activity parameter of 52.2 s(-1) g(-1), which showed superior performance compared to that of metal nanoparticle and metal nanoparticle-carbon hybrid based catalysts.
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