One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Supported on rGO with Enhanced Catalytic Performance for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Characterization and Properties of the rGO/Au, rGO/Ag, and rGO/Pt Composites
2.2. Catalytic Applications of the rGO/Au, rGO/Ag, and rGO/Pt Catalysts
2.3. Possible Mechanism of 4-NP Reduction
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Fabrication of rGO-Supported Noble Metal Composites
3.3. Applications of rGO-Supported Noble Metal Composites
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Zhang, X.; Jin, S.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, L.; Liu, Y.; Duan, Q. One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Supported on rGO with Enhanced Catalytic Performance for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction. Molecules 2021, 26, 7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237261
Zhang X, Jin S, Zhang Y, Wang L, Liu Y, Duan Q. One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Supported on rGO with Enhanced Catalytic Performance for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction. Molecules. 2021; 26(23):7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237261
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Xiaolong, Shilei Jin, Yuhan Zhang, Liyuan Wang, Yang Liu, and Qian Duan. 2021. "One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Supported on rGO with Enhanced Catalytic Performance for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction" Molecules 26, no. 23: 7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237261