Ag Nanoparticles-Based Zinc Hydroxide-Layered Hybrids as Novel and Efficient Catalysts for Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol to 4-Aminophenol

AUTOR(ES)

Quites, Fernando Junior, Azevedo, Camila K. S., Alves, Everton P. P., Germino, José Carlos, Vinhas, Rita C. G., Landers, Richard, Terezo, Ailton José, Atvars, Teresa D. Z.

FONTE

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2017-01

RESUMO

Silver nanoparticles and zinc hydroxide-layered hybrid materials (AgNPs/ZHL) have been successfully developed as efficient catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) with sodium borohydride. A facile and rapid visible-light assisted green route was used for the deposition of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the external surface of ZHL material. The resulting AgNPs/ZHL hybrids contained AgNPs with spherical morphology and uniform size distribution. Moreover, the AgNPs/ZHL compounds exhibited excellent catalytic performance (the reduction reaction was finished within 4 min) and reusability (three cycles) toward the reduction of 4-NP to 4-AP in presence of sodium borohydride. The reduction reaction obeyed the pseudo-first-order kinetics. The rate constants increased with the increase of amount of the AgNPs deposited into the hybrid materials. These results suggest that the as-prepared catalysts (AgNPs/ZHL) have great potential for heterogeneous catalytic applications.

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