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One-pot synthesis of Pd-Au-alloy-nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide functionalized with dodecahydrododecaborate cluster for rapid and complete reduction of 4-nitrophenol at room temperature

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鉴于硝基芳烃存在的高细胞毒性，如何处理废水中硝基芳烃是一个亟待解决的环境问题。去除 4-NP 的一种优良方法是将其催化还原为应用广泛的 4-AP。然而，在没有外部催化剂的情况下很难进行该反应。本研究以具有含氧表面基团的二维氧化石墨烯(GO)为基底，通过氢键作用与十二氢十二硼烷阴离子基团(closo-[B12H12]2‒)相互作用形成功能性硼团簇(BGO)，并原位还原PdAu合金纳米颗粒（PdAu/BGO）。PdAu/BGO可以将4-NP等硝基芳烃快速加氢为氨基芳烃，加氢效率接近100%并且具有良好的循环稳定性。因此，所提出的制备方案和高的催化剂活性能够有效证明closo-[B12H12]2‒可用于还原金属和制备更细小、分散良好的纳米颗粒。

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U2002213), the Double Tops Joint Fund of Yunnan Science and Technology Bureau and Yunnan University (No. 2019FY003025), and Double First-Class University Plan (No. C176220100042). Thomas Wågberg acknowledges the support from Vetenskapsradet (Nos. 2017-04862 and 2021-04629).

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  2. School of Materials and Energy, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650504, China

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Ma, YB., Wang, YW., Zhang, DF. et al. One-pot synthesis of Pd-Au-alloy-nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide functionalized with dodecahydrododecaborate cluster for rapid and complete reduction of 4-nitrophenol at room temperature. Rare Met. 42, 3622–3629 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02453-3

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