Unsupported gold nanocones as sonocatalytic agents with enhanced catalytic properties.
Unsupported gold nanocones as sonocatalytic agents with enhanced catalytic properties.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105753
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发表时间:
2021-11
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Kwan JJ
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作者:
Su X;Jonnalagadda US;Bharatula LD;Kwan JJ
Submicron gas stabilising Au nanocones (gs-AuNCs) readily nucleate cavitation. Cavitation activates gs-AuNCs to degrade of 4-nitrophenol and methylene blue. Degradation kinetics with gs-AuNC are 200-fold faster than similarly sized catalysts. Cavitation events at catalyst sites enhanced functionality of submicron gs-AuNCs. Gold catalysts have attracted attention for enabling sustainable chemical processes under ambient conditions. This reactivity is attributed to the small size of the catalysts (<5 nm); however, their size also creates difficulty when removing from product streams and often require rare-metal additives to enhance reaction rate kinetics, thereby limiting the environmental benefits of these catalysts. Comparatively, submicron gold catalysts are easier to separate but are much less reactive under ambient conditions. In this study, we synthesized submicron gas-stabilising gold nanocones (gs-AuNCs) that are acoustically responsive to afford greater reaction rates than other conventional gold catalysts. We explore the catalytic performance of acoustically responsive gs-AuNCs exposed to focussed ultrasound at 5.0 MPa peak negative pressure and 1.1 MHz center frequency. Cavitation nucleated from gs-AuNCs significantly increased the sonocatalytic degradation of water pollutants without the need for co-catalysts. The ability to amplify catalysis with ultrasound by tailoring the morphology of the catalyst to control cavitation opens new paths for future designs of sonocatalysts that may enable a sustainable chemical approach needed for a broad range of industrial processes.
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影响因子:
22.1
作者:
Evangelista, Viridiana;Acosta, Brenda;Simakov, Andrey
通讯作者:
Simakov, Andrey
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Chappell, Michael A.;Payne, Stephen J.
通讯作者:
Payne, Stephen J.
影响因子:
9.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
Chen, Kangmin
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Midathana, Venkata Rao;Moholkar, Vijayanand S.
通讯作者:
Moholkar, Vijayanand S.
DOI:
10.1002/smll.201501322
发表时间:
2015-10-21
期刊:
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Kwan JJ;Myers R;Coviello CM;Graham SM;Shah AR;Stride E;Carlisle RC;Coussios CC
通讯作者:
Coussios CC