标题:Silver/graphene nanocomposites as catalysts for the reduction of p‐nitrophenol to p‐aminophenol: Materials preparation and reaction kinetics studies
摘要:Abstract
Ag/graphene nanocomposites have been demonstrated to be promising catalysts for hydrogenation reduction of p‐nitrophenol (p‐NP) to p‐aminophenol (p‐AP). Herein, we reported the synthesis of graphene‐supported silver nanoparticles (Ag/G) using one‐step and stabilizer‐free process. The obtained Ag/G nanocomposites were demonstrated to be efficient catalysts for the reduction of p‐NP to p‐AP. The reaction kinetics of the catalytic reduction, including the effects of catalyst concentrations and temperatures are reported. These results are of significant values for the scale‐up of using Ag/graphene catalysts for hydrogenation reduction.