Borohydride stabilized gold-silver bimetallic nanocatalysts for highly efficient 4-nitrophenol reduction

Nathaniel E Larm; Jason A Thon; Yahor Vazmitsel; Jerry L Atwood; Gary A Baker

doi:10.1039/c9na00645a

Borohydride stabilized gold-silver bimetallic nanocatalysts for highly efficient 4-nitrophenol reduction

Nanoscale Adv. 2019 Oct 30;1(12):4665-4668. doi: 10.1039/c9na00645a. eCollection 2019 Dec 3.

Authors

Nathaniel E Larm¹, Jason A Thon¹, Yahor Vazmitsel¹, Jerry L Atwood¹, Gary A Baker¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 USA bakergar@missouri.edu.

Abstract

Bimetallic Au _x Ag_1-x nanoparticles, prepared using sodium borohydride as the sole reducing and capping agent for various NaBH₄ : metal molar ratios, were investigated as catalysts for 4-nitrophenol reduction. This approach yielded the highest catalytic activities observed for this model reaction to date.