Multiply twinned AgNi alloy nanoparticles as highly active catalyst for multiple reduction and degradation reactions

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16071-16081

  Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Deka, Sasanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

4 nitrophenol; AgNi; Alloy nanoparticle; Catalyst; Reduction degradation reaction

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AZO DYES; BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

4-NITROPHENOL; AGNI; ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; BIMETALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84912038883     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503913y     Document Type: Article

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