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N, S doped carbon dots—Plasmonic Au nanocomposites for visible-light photocatalytic reduction of nitroaromatics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2018

Madhusudan Kr. Mahto ,
Dipanjan Samanta ,
Suraj Konar ,
Himani Kalita  and
Amita Pathak
Madhusudan Kr. Mahto
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India
Dipanjan Samanta
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India
Suraj Konar
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India
Himani Kalita
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India
Amita Pathak*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: ami@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Abstract

Herein, we report N, S co-doped carbon dots (NS CDs) as stabilizing and reducing agents for the synthesis of N, S doped carbon dots-Au nanocomposites (NS CDs-Au NCs) through the solution method and explore the catalytic property of the synthesized nanocomposites in the reduction of nitro aromatic compounds (NACs) such as 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), 4-nitroaniline (4-NA), and nitrobenzene (NB). The appraisal of the catalytic efficacy of the NS CDs-Au NCs was premised on real time monitoring of the reduction of NACs using UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy. The apparent rate constants (kapp) of reduction were found to follow the pseudo-first-order kinetics having values of 1.37 × 10−1, 8.9 × 10−2, and 5.35 × 10−2 s−1 for 4-NP, 4-NA, and NB, respectively. The apparent rate constant (1.37 × 10−1 s−1) observed for the reduction of 4-NP by NaBH4 using NS CDs-Au NCs has been found to be one of the highest values reported in the literature so far thereby validating their excellent efficacy as a catalyst.

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catalyticmicrowave heatingcarbonization
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 23 , 14 December 2018 , pp. 3906 - 3916
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