Highly efficient nanocatalysts supported on hollow polymer nanospheres: Synthesis, characterization, and applications

  • Shiding Miao
  • , Chengliang Zhang
  • , Zhimin Liu
  • , Buxing Han
  • , Yun Xie
  • , Sujiang Ding
  • , Zhenzhong Yang

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Abstract

Hollow polymer nanospheres were employed in the fabrication of noble metal-supported catalysts via a supercritical route. In this method, the metal precursors were first adsorbed on the polymer support in a supercritical CO 2-ethanol solution, followed by H2 reduction, generating metal (Pd, Rh, Pt)/polymer composites. The resultant Pd/polymer nanospheres were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. It was indicated that the Pd nanoparticles with a size of about 5 nm were uniformly attached to the surface of the polymer spheres. The activities of the Pd/polymer composites for the allyl alcohol hydrogenation and Heck reaction were also investigated. The catalyst exhibited a high activity and stability in these two reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)774-780
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume112
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

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