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Silver nanoparticles supported on electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mats for catalytic applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2015

Yongkun Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Guohua Jiang*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Lei Li
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Hua Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Qin Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Tengteng Jiang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
Xiangxiang Du
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
*
Address all correspondence to Guohua Jiang at ghjiang_cn@zstu.edu.cn
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Abstract

In this work, we developed a convenient way to immobilize silver nanoparticles on the aminated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous mats by combing the electrospinning technology from complex-containing polymer solution, amination of PAN nanofibrous and electroless plating technique. The resultant composite nanaofibrous mats had been characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectra analysis. The catalytic activity and stability of these resultant composite nanofibrous mats for the catalytic reactions, including reduction of 4-nitrophenol to form 4-aminophenol, and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol, were investigated. The resultant nanofibrous mats exhibited high-efficiency, convenient separation, recovery, and cyclic utilization properties.

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