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Fabrication of palladium and platinum nanocatalysts stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone and their use in the hydrogenolysis of methyl orange

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Following the thermal reductive method, the synthesis of nanoparticles stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone was performed using ethylene glycol as a reductant and solvent. The PVP-capped platinum and palladium were well-dispersed and stable for more than 3 months, and their average sizes were 2.53 ± 0.07 nm and 4.13 ± 0.14 nm. By means of inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) analysis, the amount of colloidal metal nanoparticles was found to be 6.38 wt% and 5.93 wt% for platinum and palladium, respectively. The PVP-capped Pt and Pd nanocatalysts were evaluated for the hydrogenolysis of azo dyes using methyl orange as a model compound in the presence of borohydride as a reductant. Substrates adsorption on the nanocatalysts surface constituted the rate-determining step of the catalytic reduction. The Langmuir–Hinshelwood approach was applied to interpret the interface interaction between nanocatalyst and substrates. The activation energy was 65.70 ± 4.49 kJ mol−1 and 89.27 ± 2.12 kJ mol−1 using Pt and Pd nanocatalysts, respectively.

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Ilunga, A.K., Mamba, B.B. & Nkambule, T.T.I. Fabrication of palladium and platinum nanocatalysts stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone and their use in the hydrogenolysis of methyl orange. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 129, 991–1005 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01746-3

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