Enhancing catalytic performance of Au catalysts by noncovalent functionalized graphene using functional ionic liquids》.pdf

Journal of Hazardous Materials 270 (2014) 11–17 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Hazardous Materials j o u r n a l h o me p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/jha z mat Enhancing catalytic performance of Au catalysts by noncovalent functionalized graphene using functional ionic liquids Shuwen Li, Shujing Guo, Honglei Yang, Galian Gou, Ren Ren, Jing Li, Zhengping Dong, Jun Jin, Jiantai Ma ∗ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China h i g h l i g h t s g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t • The new catalyst was fabricated by a facile and environment-friendly approach. • The catalyst has excellent activity and reusability due to the synergistic effect. • The approach provides a green way to synthesize low cost Au-based cat- alysts. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: New catalyst, prepared through Au nanoparticles anchored on the Ionic Liquid of 3,4,9,10-perylene Received 30 November 2013 tetracarboxylic acid-noncovalent functionalized graphene (Au/PDIL-GS), was fabricated using a facile Received in revised form 9 January 2014 and environment-friendly approach. The information of the morphologies, sizes, dispersion of Au Accepted 17 January 2014 nanoparticles (NPs) and chemical composition for the