Basic concepts and recent advances in nitrophenol reduction by gold-and other transition metal nanoparticles

P Zhao, X Feng, D Huang, G Yang, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review presents the basic concepts and recent developments and advances of gold
nanoparticle (AuNP)-catalyzed 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) by …

Nitroarene reduction: a trusted model reaction to test nanoparticle catalysts

T Aditya, A Pal, T Pal - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrophenol reduction to aminophenol with a reducing agent is conveniently carried out in
aqueous medium mainly with a metal or metal oxide catalyst. This reduction is presently …

Preparation of PdNPs doped chitosan-based composite hydrogels as highly efficient catalysts for reduction of 4-nitrophenol

J Zhu, X Zhang, Z Qin, L Zhang, Y Ye, M Cao… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of functional hydrogel materials for applications in catalysis has attracted
great research interest, especially in aqueous phase catalysis. However, preparation of new …

Green synthesis of Pt–Au dendrimer-like nanoparticles supported on polydopamine-functionalized graphene and their high performance toward 4-nitrophenol …

W Ye, J Yu, Y Zhou, D Gao, D Wang, C Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
A facile, environmentally friendly route is demonstrated for the synthesis of Pt–Au dendrimer-
like nanoparticles on the surface of polydopamine (PDA)-wrapped reduced graphene oxide …

In-situ deposition of gold nanoparticles onto polydopamine-decorated g-C3N4 for highly efficient reduction of nitroaromatics in environmental water purification

L Qin, D Huang, P Xu, G Zeng, C Lai, Y Fu, H Yi… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A green synthesized gold-catalyst (PDA-gC 3 N 4/Au) for highly efficient reduction of
nitroaromatics by NaBH 4 was proposed. Polydopamine (PDA) served as the reductant and …

Kinetic analysis of catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by metallic nanoparticles immobilized in spherical polyelectrolyte brushes

S Wunder, F Polzer, Y Lu, Y Mei… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We present a study on the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride in the
presence of metal nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are embedded in spherical …

Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol using silver nanoparticles with adjustable activity

C Kästner, AF Thünemann - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report on the development of ultrasmall core–shell silver nanoparticles synthesized by
an upscaled modification of the polyol process. It is foreseen to use these thoroughly …

Metal nanoparticles as green catalysts

N Narayan, A Meiyazhagan, R Vajtai - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles play a significant role in various fields ranging from electronics to composite
materials development. Among them, metal nanoparticles have attracted much attention in …

Photochemical green synthesis of calcium-alginate-stabilized Ag and Au nanoparticles and their catalytic application to 4-nitrophenol reduction

S Saha, A Pal, S Kundu, S Basu, T Pal - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
Silver and gold nanoparticles have been grown on calcium alginate gel beads using a
green photochemical approach. The gel served as both a reductant and a stabilizer. The …

In situ assembly of well-dispersed Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) on electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs) for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

P Zhang, C Shao, Z Zhang, M Zhang, J Mu, Z Guo… - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanofibers/silver nanoparticles (CNFs/AgNPs) composite nanofibers were
fabricated by two steps consisting of the preparation of the CNFs by electrospinning and the …