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Spinel Mixed Oxides Prepared by Soft Chemistry Methods for Catalytic Hydrogenation of 2-Nitrophenol to 2-Aminophenol

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Mixed oxides of Ni0.65Zn0.35Fe2O4 stoichiometry (Ni + Zn/Fe = 1:2) were prepared by citrate and coprecipitation methods, characterized by TGA-TD, XRD, FTIR and SEM, and its catalytic properties were investigated in hydrogenation of 2-nitrophenol (2-NP) to 2-aminophenol (2-AP) counterparts under ambient conditions. The methods of preparation influenced the textural, the structural and the reactivity properties. All the preparations show the presence of mixed phases containing spinel structure and γ-Fe2O3 oxide. The crystallite sizes increase with increasing calcination temperatures due to the coalescence of nanoparticles by solid-state diffusion. All samples exhibited high catalytic activity with first-order kinetic; the sample issued from citrate method and annealed at 800 °C (Ea ~ 31.6 kJ/mol) is the most active system with a high X-ray density and a low force constant at tetrahedral sites. For this catalyst, 99.7% of 2-NP was reduced to 2-AP within 6.5 min and the recycled catalyst shows a very good activity for five catalytic runs. It could remain more than 88% activity after it was used five times.

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  1. Laboratoire des Matériaux Catalytiques et Catalyse en Chimie Organique, Faculté de Chimie, USTHB, BP 32 El Alia Bab-Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria

    Sabiha Matassi, Rafik Benrabaa & Laâldja Meddour-Boukhobza

  2. Faculté des Sciences, Université Alger 1, Algiers, Algeria

    Sabiha Matassi

  3. Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences et de la Technologie, Université Chadli BENDJEDID El-Taref, BP 73, El-Taref, 36000, Algiers, Algeria

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Matassi, S., Benrabaa, R., Benturki, O. et al. Spinel Mixed Oxides Prepared by Soft Chemistry Methods for Catalytic Hydrogenation of 2-Nitrophenol to 2-Aminophenol. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 7171–7181 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-06714-8

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