Abstract
Platinum nanoparticles have been synthesized on polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (PPy) as supports using H2PtCl6 as metal precursor and a reducing treatment with cold Ar plasma. The catalytic activity of the polymer-supported catalysts in the reduction of aqueous nitrate with H2 at room temperature was evaluated. These systems are able to considerably decrease the concentration of nitrate in water in only 5min. The mechanism of the nitrate abatement process is determined by the nature of the conducting polymer. The nitrogen functionalities in polyaniline are external to the ring system, and favor nitrate retention at the platinum complex either by the formation of an adduct or by nitrate participating as a ligand. In contrast, polypyrrole possesses aromatic nitrogen atoms with a considerably more important steric hindrance. In this case, ion exchange between the counter ions in the doped polymer (SO42−) and nitrate from water is produced, followed by reduction of nitrate by hydrogen chemisorbed on the platinum nanoparticles.
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