Nickel foam supported porous copper oxide catalysts with noble metal-like activity for aqueous phase reactions
Lorianne R. Shultz, Konstantin Preradovic, Suvash Ghimire, Hayden M. Hadley, Shaohua Xie, Varchaswal Kashyap, Melanie J. Beazley, Kaitlyn E. Crawford, Fudong Liu, Kausik Mukhopadhyay, Titel Jurca
Abstract
Cl to highly porous CuO. All materials display promising activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methyl orange. Notably, our leading CuO-based material displays 4-nitrophenol reduction activity comparable with very reactive precious-metal based systems. Recyclability studies highlight the intrinsic ease of handling for the Ni foam support, and our results point to a very robust, highly recyclable catalyst system.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisNoble metalCopperNickelPorosityPhase (matter)MetalAqueous solutionOxideMaterials scienceChemistryChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryMetallurgyOrganic chemistryEngineeringNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science