Veerakumar P, Salamalai K, Dhenadhayalan N, Lin KC. Catalytic Activity of Bimetallic (Ruthenium/Palladium) Nano-alloy Decorated Porous Carbons Toward Reduction of Toxic Compounds.
Chem Asian J 2019;
14:2662-2675. [PMID:
31149777 DOI:
10.1002/asia.201900350]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Chicken feather-derived high-surface-area porous activated carbon (CFAC) material was prepared using chemical activation. A new composite composed of Ru-Pd nanoparticles supported on CFAC (Ru-Pd@CFAC) has been prepared by microwave-thermal reduction in the presence of the support. Characterization by XRD, Raman, BET, FE-SEM/TEM, FT-IR, TGA, XPS, HAADF-STEM-EDS, H2 -chemisorption, H2 -TPR, and ICP-AES was used to analyze the catalyst. This catalyst is found to be efficient for the reduction of hexavalent chromium (CrVI ), potassium ferricyanide (K3 [Fe(CN)6 ]), 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), and pendimethalin (PDM), at room temperature, and remains stable, even after several repeated runs. Moreover, it showed excellent catalytic activity compared with the monometallic counterparts.
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