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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Carbon nanotubes oxidized by a green method as efficient metal-free catalysts for nitroarene reduction†

Shuchang Wu,a   Guodong Wen,a   Robert Schlöglb  and  Dang Sheng Su*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China
E-mail: dssu@imr.ac.cn
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b Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Harber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) functionalized carbon nanotubes exhibited better catalytic performance than their nitric acid oxidized counterparts in the reduction of nitrobenzene. One important reason may be attributed to the notably less negative oxygenated groups on the surface of the former one.

Graphical abstract: Carbon nanotubes oxidized by a green method as efficient metal-free catalysts for nitroarene reduction

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP04658G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Oct 2014
Accepted
19 Nov 2014
First published
26 Nov 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 1567-1571

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S. Wu, G. Wen, R. Schlögl and D. S. Su, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 1567 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04658G

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