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Copper oxide coated polyester fabrics with enhanced catalytic properties towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

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A novel functional polyester fabric (PF) was successfully prepared by a facile method. PF were coated by copper oxide (CuO) followed by chemical grafting of 3-chloropropyltriethoxysilane (ClPTES) and diethanolamine (DEA). The morphology and structure of the resulting material PF@CuO–Si–N(OH)2 was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron and optical microscopy, thermogravimetry and Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy. The results revealed that the CuO particles were densely surrounded PF, and the covalent surface-grafting of ClPTES and DEA within PF was confirmed. It was also demonstrated that CuO/ClPTES/DEA addition generated new functional sites at the PF surface, improving the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP). The prepared PF@CuO–Si–N(OH)2 exhibited high catalytic activity with appreciable cycling stability for the reduction of 4-NP to 4-AP, even after six successive cycles with nearly 90% conversion. Hence, it may be conclude that the catalytic activity and stability of this catalyst allows envisaging great prospect for large scale reduction of 4-NP.

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    Nabil Bouazizi, Ahmida El achari & Christine Campagne

  2. Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA (UMR 6014), 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000, Évreux, France

    Julien Vieillard

  3. Nanoqam, Department of Chemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada

    Abdelkrim Azzouz

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Bouazizi, N., El achari, A., Campagne, C. et al. Copper oxide coated polyester fabrics with enhanced catalytic properties towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 10802–10813 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9145-6

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