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Preparation and catalytic properties of composites with palladium nanoparticles and poly(methacrylic acid) microspheres
Author(s) -
Bi Shiyin,
Li Kun,
Chen Xi,
Fu Weigui,
Chen Li,
Sheng Huiying,
Yang Qing
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.22890
Subject(s) - methacrylic acid , materials science , poly(methacrylic acid) , palladium , catalysis , nanoparticle , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , composite material , transmission electron microscopy , chemical engineering , copolymer , nanotechnology , polymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Palladium (Pd) nanoparticles with different sizes are in situ synthesized by reduction of PdCl 2 with NaBH 4 as reductant in the presence of poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA)microspheres. The obtained PMAA/Pd composites are characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra, X‐ray diffraction, and Transmission electron microscopy. The catalytic activity of the PMAA/Pd composites is investigated using a model reaction, that is, reduction of p ‐nitrophenol to p ‐aminophenol. The reaction shows first‐order kinetics, and the reaction rate increases with increasing reaction temperature, p ‐nitrophenol concentration, and loadings of Pd nanoparticles on PMAA microspheres. The PMAA/Pd composites exhibit good stability, ascribing to the Pd nanoparticles stabilized by PMAA microspheres. POLYM. COMPOS., 35:2251–2260, 2014. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers