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Synthesis of boron nitride nanosheets incorporated with Pd nanoparticles for reduction of nitroaromatics

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As an analogous to graphene, hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) posses interesting and unique properties. Here, we successfully exfoliated commercial h-BN powder to BNNSs with large lateral sizes of 200 nm and thicknesses of 2–5 nm by N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone aqueous solution. The various loading amount of palladium nanoparticles with sizes of about 7 nm were uniformly distributed on BNNSs. The XPS, FTIR and TEM results indicated a strong interaction between Pd nanoparticles and BNNSs. The prepared Pd incorporated BNNSs showed superior catalytic activity and cycle stability for the hydrogenation reduction of p-nitrophenol.

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This work has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51521001, 51832003).

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    Wenqiang Ding, Wenjuan Ma & Guimin Zhang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by WD and WM. The first draft of the manuscript was written by WD and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ding, W., Ma, W., Zhang, G. et al. Synthesis of boron nitride nanosheets incorporated with Pd nanoparticles for reduction of nitroaromatics. MRS Communications 12, 738–744 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-022-00222-4

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