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Silver nanoparticles supported on electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mats for catalytic applications

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In this work, we developed a convenient way to immobilize silver nanoparticles on the aminated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous mats by combing the electrospinning technology from complex-containing polymer solution, amination of PAN nanofibrous and electroless plating technique. The resultant composite nanaofibrous mats had been characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectra analysis. The catalytic activity and stability of these resultant composite nanofibrous mats for the catalytic reactions, including reduction of 4-nitrophenol to form 4-aminophenol, and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol, were investigated. The resultant nanofibrous mats exhibited high-efficiency, convenient separation, recovery, and cyclic utilization properties.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 51373155 and 51133006) and “521 Talents Training Plan” in Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU).

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    Yongkun Liu, Guohua Jiang, Lei Li, Hua Chen, Qin Huang, Tengteng Jiang & Xiangxiang Du

  2. National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou, 310018, People’s Republic of China

    Guohua Jiang

  3. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, 310018, People’s Republic of China

    Guohua Jiang

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Liu, Y., Jiang, G., Li, L. et al. Silver nanoparticles supported on electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mats for catalytic applications. MRS Communications 6, 31–40 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2015.85

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