Issue 47, 2019

Catalysis with carbon nanoparticles

Abstract

Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) represent a recent class of nanomaterials, based on carbon sp2 atoms in the inner core. These new nano-dots cover a wide range of application fields: analytical, sensing and biosensing, bioimaging, theranostic, and molecular communication. However, their use as nanocatalysts is relatively new. Although CNPs can be easily synthesized and obtained in good amounts, few reports on their catalytic applications have been reported. This minireview collects the use of these nanoparticles as catalysts highlighting the improvements with respect to the classic catalytic systems. In particular, due to their unique optical and electrical properties, and due to the possibility to cover the external shell with a wide variety of functional groups, CNPs have found catalytic applications in three main classes of reactions: (i) photocatalysis, (ii) acid–base catalysis and (iii) electro catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Catalysis with carbon nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
23 jul 2019
Accepted
29 aug 2019
First published
03 sep 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27659-27664

Catalysis with carbon nanoparticles

C. Testa, A. Zammataro, A. Pappalardo and G. Trusso Sfrazzetto, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 27659 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA05689K

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