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Gold nanoparticles immobilized on single-layer α-zirconium phosphate nanosheets as a highly effective heterogeneous catalyst

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Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) were immobilized on single-layered α-zirconium phosphate (ZrP) nanosheets as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst. The nanoparticles were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectric spectroscopy (XPS), UV–Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The characterizations showed that the Au NPs with a size distribution of 2.0 ± 1.0 nm were uniformly dispersed and immobilized on single-layer ZrP nanosheets. The supported AuNPs could serve as an effective catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride (NaBH4).

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Financial support was from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (Grant No. 57580-ND5) and the National Science Foundation (CMMI-1562907). Y.Z. received financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province for Youth (BK20160960) and the 14th Six Talents Peak Project of Jiangsu Province (XNYQC-016).

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Zhou, Y., Ding, H., Liu, J. et al. Gold nanoparticles immobilized on single-layer α-zirconium phosphate nanosheets as a highly effective heterogeneous catalyst. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 2, 520–529 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-019-00091-x

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