Aqueous-Phase Catalytic Chemical Reduction of p-Nitrophenol Employing Soluble Gold Nanoparticles with Different Shapes

作者：de Oliveira Francyelle Moura; Bezerra de Araujo Nascimento Lucas Rafael; Santos Calado Claudia Manuela; Meneghetti Mario Roberto; Angelo da Silva Monique Gabriella

来源：Catalysts, 2016, 6(12): 215.

DOI：10.3390/catal6120215

• soluble gold nanoparticles
• catalytic chemical reduction
• anisotropic nanoparticles
• reduction of nitro compounds

Gold nanoparticles with different shapes were prepared and used as catalysts in the reduction of p-nitrophenol (PNP) in the aqueous phase and in the presence of sodium borohydride (NaBH4). Parameters such as the reaction temperature, substrate/NaBH4 molar ratio, and substrate/gold molar ratio were tested and evaluated. In this paper, we compare the catalytic reactivities of gold nanorods (AuNRs) and gold nanospheres (AuNSs), both synthesized by the seed-mediated method in the presence of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). Physical-chemical parameters such as the apparent rate constant (k(app)) and activation energy (E-a) of the reactions were obtained for both systems. We observed that the catalytic system based on AuNRs is the most active. These colloidal dispersions were investigated and fully characterized by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

• 出版日期2016-12