Abstract
A facile, one-step clean strategy has been utilized for anchoring noble metal (Au, Ag, Pd) nanoparticles onto the flat surface of two-dimensional (2D) graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets. Without using any additional reductants, surfactants or protecting ligands, the deposition of metallic noble metal (Au, Ag, Pd) nanoparticles on the partially reduced graphene oxide (PRGO) mat has been realized by a simple redox reaction between the noble metal precursors and GO in an aqueous solution. The main size distributions of the Au, Ag and Pd particles are centered on 1–20 nm, 3–10 nm and 0.5–3 nm, respectively. The as-obtained Au, Ag and Pd–PRGO nanocomposites display superb catalytic activities for the selective reduction of nitroaromatic compounds into the corresponding amino compounds under ambient conditions. The rates of reduction follow the sequence, Pd–PRGO > Ag–PRGO > Au–PRGO, suggesting that the smallest noble metal particles size affords the highest catalytic activity. In addition, considering that the Au, Ag and Pd–PRGO nanocomposites still hold the abundant functional groups of the original GO, these noble metal–PRGO composites maintain the excellent hydrophilic nature of GO, which provides a flexible platform for the further fabrication of PRGO–metal-based multicomponent functional materials by a wet-chemistry approach.
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