Green synthesis of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles reduced and stabilized by sodium rhodizonate and their catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methyl orange. (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Islam, Md. Tariqul; Saenz-Arana, Ricardo; Wang, Huiyao; Bernal, Ricardo; Noveron, Juan C.
• Is Part Of: New journal of chemistry. Volume 42:Number 8(2018)
• Page Start: 6472
• Page End: 6478
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; Chimie -- Périodiques; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01223g
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1144-0546

Abstract

Abstract : Sodium rhodizonate mediated green synthesis of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles and their catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methyl orange. Abstract : Sodium rhodizonate was used as a bifunctional reducing as well as stabilizing agent for the single step synthesis of gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), and palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (NPs) in water. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that Pt, Au, Ag, and PdNPs have average core diameters of about 2, 8, 26, and 39 nm, respectively. The ability of these nanoparticles towards the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) with sodium borohydride (NaBH4 ) and the dual-catalytic oxidation of formic acid followed by the reduction of methyl orange (MO) was studied. The apparent rate constants ( k app ) of the catalytic reduction of 4-NP in the presence of Ag, Au, Pt, and PdNPs were calculated to be 2.1482, 1.1167, 1.088 × 10 −1, and 1.65 × 10 −2 min −1, respectively. However, for the dual-catalytic oxidation of formic acid followed by the reduction of MO, the k app values were calculated to be 4.145, 1.25 × 10 −2, 6.7 × 10 −3, and 9.0 × 10 −5 for the Pt, Pd, Au, and AgNPs, respectively.