A 1-D coordination polymer route to catalytically active Co@C nanoparticles

Anand Pariyar, Siddharth Gopalakrishnan, Joseph Stansbery, Rajankumar L. Patel, Xinhua Liang, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Amitava Choudhury

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Abstract

Pyrolysis of a 1-D polymeric cobalt(ii) coordination complex ([Co(BDC)(Mim)2]n, H2BDC = benzenedicarboxylic acid; Mim = N-methylimidazole) results in the formation of carbon embedded fcc cobalt nanoparticle composites, Co@C. The as-prepared Co@C shows an agglomerated secondary structure with a highly embedded carbon shell comprising of cobalt nanoparticles of 20-100 nm. These Co@C particles show excellent catalytic activity in the reduction of nitrophenol to aminophenol, studied as a model reaction, and evolves as a promising candidate for the gas phase reduction process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38533-38540
Number of pages8
JournalRSC Advances
Volume6
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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