ABSTRACT Urania-paUadium-graphene nanohybrids were synthesized via a solvothermal process in ethylene glycol. With the solvothermal treatment, the Pd nanocrystals sur- rounded by well-crystallized urania supported on ...ABSTRACT Urania-paUadium-graphene nanohybrids were synthesized via a solvothermal process in ethylene glycol. With the solvothermal treatment, the Pd nanocrystals sur- rounded by well-crystallized urania supported on graphene oxide was obtained. This ternary hybrid showed consid- erably higher catalytic activity than palladium-graphene hybrids toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by NaBH4. Besides the smaller sizes of palladium nanoparticles in the ternary hybrids, in which the aggregation of Pd nanoparticles was prevented by urania, the charge transfer between the nano-structured Pd and urania may also contribute to the enhancement of catalytic activity by offering more active sites for adsorption and reaction.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFA0201904)National Natural Science Foundation of China (21631002 and U1632119)
文摘ABSTRACT Urania-paUadium-graphene nanohybrids were synthesized via a solvothermal process in ethylene glycol. With the solvothermal treatment, the Pd nanocrystals sur- rounded by well-crystallized urania supported on graphene oxide was obtained. This ternary hybrid showed consid- erably higher catalytic activity than palladium-graphene hybrids toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by NaBH4. Besides the smaller sizes of palladium nanoparticles in the ternary hybrids, in which the aggregation of Pd nanoparticles was prevented by urania, the charge transfer between the nano-structured Pd and urania may also contribute to the enhancement of catalytic activity by offering more active sites for adsorption and reaction.
