Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (11): 2397.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140481

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Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium over the Expanded Graphite Supported Palladium Nanocatalyst

WEI Yingxiang, TU Weixia*()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Organic-inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2014-05-23 Online:2014-11-10 Published:2014-10-09
  • Contact: TU Weixia E-mail:tuwx@mail.buct.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21106006) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(No.ZZ1205)

Abstract:

Expanded graphite(EG) supported palladium nanocatalysts(Pd-EG) were synthesized by wet-impregnation reduction method with the aid of a polymer stabilizer. The catalysts were characterized by various techniques including X-ray diffraction(XRD), transmission electron microscope(TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). The catalytic activities of the synthesized Pd-EG nanocatalysts were evaluated for the reduction of Cr(Ⅵ). The results indicated that the Pd loading of Pd-EG nanocatalysts was 0.446%(mass fraction) in the form of Pd nanoparticles with an average diameter of 4.37 nm. The Pd-EG nanocatalysts show high catalytic activity in the complete reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) to Cr(Ⅲ) with a turn-over frequency(TOF) of 3186 h-1 at pH=4.0 and 45 ℃. The Pd-EG catalysts exhibit efficient and stable catalytic performance even after several times of recycles.

Key words: Expanded graphite, Palladium, Nanoparticles, Hexavalent chromium, Catalysis, Reduction

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