Structural modification of aminoclay for catalytic applications. Issue 6 (2nd June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jeya Ranchani, A. Amala; Parthasarathy, V.; Hu, Chechia; Lin, Yi-Feng; Tung, Kuo-Lun; Anbarasan, R.
• Is Part Of: Chemical engineering communications. Volume 207:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 871
• Page End: 886
• Publication Date: 2020-06-02
• Subjects: Aminoclay -- Catalysis -- Catalytic reduction -- Schiff base -- XPS; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; 660.205
• DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2019.1630394
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0098-6445

Abstract

Abstract: An eco-friendly catalyst system was synthesized using three step reaction. The Cu nanoparticles bridged aminoclay catalyst was analyzed using various analytical techniques. The structure of the catalyst was confirmed by FTIR and XRD. The synthesized catalyst system was used for the reduction of p-nitrophenol (NP), Cr(VI), and fluorescein (Flur) dye individually, as well as in their mixture forms. The kapp value was computed to access the efficiency of the catalyst. The results indicated that the kapp value of the individual system is higher than that of the mixture systems due to the absence of the complex formation reaction. The catalytic performance of the catalyst was also tested for the Schiff base (SB) formation between poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) and aniline (ANI) in an oxygen atmosphere. The 1 H-NMR spectroscopy result indicates that the present catalyst system produced 86% yield.