Novel Ag2S nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide sheets as a super-efficient catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol
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- 作者：Bin Lang ; Hong-Kun Yu ; hkyu@fudan.edu.cn
- 关键词：Reduced graphene oxide ; Ag2S nanoparticles ; Nanocomposites ; 4-Nitrophenol ; Catalytic activity
- 刊名：Chinese Chemical Letters
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：28
- 期：2
- 页码：417-421
- 全文大小：1496 K
- 卷排序：28
文摘
Here, Ag2S nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (Ag2S NPs/RGO) nanocomposites with relatively good distribution are synthesized for the first time by conversing Ag NPs/RGO to Ag2S NPs/RGO via a facile hydrothermal sulfurization method. As an noval catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), it only takes 5 min for Ag2S NPs/RGO to reduce 98% of 4-NP, and the rate constant of the composites is almost 13 times higher than that of Ag NPs/RGO composites. The high catalytic activity of Ag2S NPs/RGO can be attributed to the following three reasons: (1) Like metal complex catalysts, the Ag2S NPs is also rich with metal center Ag (δ+), with pendant base S (δ−) close to it, and thus the Ag and basic S function as the electron-acceptor and proton-acceptor centers, respectively, which facilitates the catalyst reaction; (2) RGO features the high adsorption ability toward 4-NP which provides a high concentration of 4-NP near the Ag2S NPs; and (3) electron transfer from RGO to Ag2S NPs, facilitating the uptake of electrons by 4-NP molecules.