Mild fabrication of silica-silver nanocomposites as active platforms for environmental remediation

Autor: Chiara Maccato, Elisa Boanini, Barbara Ballarin, Silvia Fazzini, Adriana Mignani, Maria Cristina Cassani, Daniele Nanni, Davide Barreca
Přispěvatelé: Adriana Mignani, Silvia Fazzini, Barbara Ballarin, Elisa Boanini, Maria Cristina Cassani, Chiara Maccato, Davide Barreca, Daniele Nanni
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: RSC advances 5 (2015): 9600–9606. doi:10.1039/c4ra14069a
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Mignani A.; Fazzini S.; Ballarin B.; Boanini E.; Cassani M.C.; Maccato C.; Barreca D.; Nanni D./titolo:Mild fabrication of silica-silver nanocomposites as active platforms for environmental remediation/doi:10.1039%2Fc4ra14069a/rivista:RSC advances/anno:2015/pagina_da:9600/pagina_a:9606/intervallo_pagine:9600–9606/volume:5
Popis: Herein we report a new, simple, low cost and one step way to obtain silica-supported silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on commercial polyethyleneimine-functionalized silica beads (SiO2-PEI) under mild experimental conditions. The novel AgNPs/(SiO2-PEI) material has been thoroughly analyzed using FE-SEM, BET, XRD, XPS and XE-AES analysis. The reduction of Methylene Blue (MB) to Leuco Methylene Blue (LMB) in the presence of NaBH4 was chosen for testing the catalytic properties of AgNPs/(SiO2-PEI) towards dyes decoloration. Moreover, the prepared supported nanocatalyst was also found to exhibit excellent catalytic activity towards decoloration of some azo dyes such as E110 and E122.
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