Abstract
Development of recoverable and sustainable catalysts for environmental remediation still remains a great challenge. Here, we report a simple approach to immobilizing polyethylenimine (PEI)-templated silver nanoparticles (Ag PTNPs) onto the surface of cellulose filter paper for catalytic applications. First, branched PEI was utilized as a template to complex Ag(I) ions, then, sodium borohydride was applied as a reducing agent to generate Ag PTNPs. Thereafter, the formed Ag PTNPs were assembled onto filter paper via electrostatic interaction. The developed Ag PTNP-immobilized filter paper was characterized through different methods. We show that Ag PTNPs with a mean diameter of 4.6 ± 1.3 nm are able to be immobilized onto the surface of filter paper, and the Ag paper displays a remarkable catalytic activity and reusability towards the catalytic transformation of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol. The developed approach may be extended for the production of different kinds of NP-immobilized filter paper for the applications in sensing, environmental remediation, and biomedicine.
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