Facile, template-free synthesis of silver nanodendrites with high catalytic activity for the reduction of p-nitrophenol

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-42

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Tan, Fatang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Qiu, Xiaolin ^b   Qiao, Xueliang ^a   Chen, Jianguo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalysts; Galvanic replacement reduction; P Nitrophenol; Silver nanodendrites

Indexed keywords

BRANCH DIAMETER; CRYSTALLINITIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANODENDRITES; OXIDATION STATE; P-AMINOPHENOL; P-NITROPHENOL; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; SURFACTANT-FREE; TEMPLATE-FREE; TEMPLATE-FREE SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

CATALYSTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRONS; REDOX REACTIONS; SILVER; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

4 AMINOPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENDRITE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROPHENOLS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862801637     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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