Journal
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 2826-2834Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4gc00130c
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- CSIR, India
- CSIR, New Delhi [CSC-0125]
- Photon Factory Advisory Committee [2010G109]
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We have developed a new synthesis strategy to prepare similar to 5 nm metallic silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) supported on tungsten oxide (WO3) nanorods with diameters between 40 and 60 nm in the presence of a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The catalyst was characterized by XRD, XPS, ICP-AES, FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, EXAFS, SEM and TEM. The catalyst is very effective in liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid with hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant. The synergy between the surface AgNPs and WO3 nanorods plays the most vital role towards this very high catalytic activity. The reusability of the catalyst which is a prerequisite for practical applications was analysed and it was found that the catalyst exhibits no significant changes in its catalytic activity even after five cycles of reuse. A cyclohexene conversion of > 99.9% with an adipic acid selectivity of similar to 94% was achieved over similar to 5 nm AgNPs supported on the WO3 nanorod catalyst with a very high turnover frequency of similar to 12 h(-1)
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