Home Chemical Science & Engineering Research View Manuscript
Back

Download Manuscript                                                                           View HTML / Full Text

Chemical Science & Engineering Research

Research Article

Title

Catalytic Reduction of p-Nitrophenol and Carbonyl Compounds by NiO-Nanoparticles Fastened Graphene Oxide

Authors

Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy,a Elayappan Vijayakumar,b Savariraj Jemimahc and Andivelu Ilangovan*a 

aSchool of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu - 620024, India.
bDepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul- 02841, South Korea
cDepartment of Chemistry, St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Chennai - 600119, India

*Corresponding Author Email Address : ilangovan@bdu.ac.in (Ilangovan)

Article History

Publishing details: Received: 19th July 2019, Revised: 31st July 2019, Accepted: 31st July 2019, Published: 01st August 2019

Cite this article

Saravanamoorthy S.; Vijayakumar E.; Jemimah S.; Ilangovan A. Catalytic Reduction of p-Nitrophenol and Carbonyl Compounds by NiO-Nanoparticles Fastened Graphene Oxide. Chem. Sci. Eng. Res., 2019, 1(1), 1-7.

Abstract

Owing to high activity and cost-effectiveness, NiO nanocomposites have been utilized in wide range of catalytic applications. In the present study, ultrafine NiO nanoparticles with average size of 7.5 nm were uniformly dispersed on graphene oxide by simple mix and heat method (Ni-oxide/GOSs). TEM and AFM results revealed the uniform dispersion of the Ni-oxide nanoparticles on the graphene oxide surface. Interaction between NiO nanoparticles and GO sheets were studied by Raman. SEM-EDS and XRD were used to study the Ni-loading and crystalline properties of Ni-oxide/GOSs. After being optimized, the Ni-oxide/GOSs catalyst was used for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and carbonyl compounds. The reduction of 4-nitrophenol by Ni-oxide/GOSs was found to be very rapid and selective. An excellent kapp value of 60.8 ×10-3 min-1 was determined from the plots of ln[Ct/C0] versus reaction time for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol over 1.0 mg of Ni-oxide/GOSs. To our delight, the Ni-oxide/GOSs showed excellent activity in transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds. Results confirmed that the Ni-oxide/GOSs catalyst is highly reusable in both reductions of 4-nitrophenol and carbonyl compounds.

Keywords

Graphene oxide; NiO-nanoparticles; Reduction; Nitrophenol; Carbonyl compounds 

Download Full Article

Cited By

This article is cited by 6 publications.

  1. Gopiraman, M., Saravanamoorthy, S., Baskar, R., Ilangovan, A. and Ill-Min, C., 2019. Green synthesis of Ag@ Au bimetallic regenerated cellulose nanofibers for catalytic applications. New Journal of Chemistry, 43(43), pp.17090-17103. [CrossRef]
  2. Mayakrishnan, G., Somasundaram, S., Ullah, S., Andivelu, I., Ick Soo, K. and Ill Min, C., 2019. Facile Green Preparation of Rhodium Nanoclusters Supported Nano-Scaled Graphene Platelets for Sonogashira Coupling Reaction and Reduction of p-Nitrophenol. Catalysts, 9(11), p.908. [CrossRef]
  3. Gopiraman, M., Saravanamoorthy, S., Ullah, S., Ilangovan, A., Kim, I.S. and Chung, I.M., 2020. Reducing-agent-free facile preparation of Rh-nanoparticles uniformly anchored on onion-like fullerene for catalytic applications. RSC Advances, 10(5), pp.2545-2559. [CrossRef]
  4. Ali, Z., Mehmood, M., Ahmad, J., Naz, S. and Khan, Y., 2020. Heteroatoms (N, F, O)-Doped CNTs on NiCo-Silica Nanocomposites for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp.1-12. [CrossRef]
  5. Suryamathi, M., Viswanathamurthi, P., Vennila, K., Palvannan, T., Bertani, R. and Sgarbossa, P., 2021. Tyrosinase Immobilized Zein Nanofibrous Matrix as a Green and Recyclable Material for Biodegradation of Azo Dyes. Fibers and Polymers, pp.1-12. [CrossRef]
  6. Saravanamoorthy, S., Muneeswaran, M., Ramkumar, V., Ilangovan, A. and Gopiraman, M., 2022. Metal Nanostructures Derived Composites for Catalytic Conversion of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater. In Inorganic Materials for Energy, Medicine and Environmental Remediation (pp. 187-213). Springer, Cham. [CrossRef]