Abstract
Urania-palladium-graphene nanohybrids were synthesized via a solvothermal process in ethylene glycol. With the solvothermal treatment, the Pd nanocrystals surrounded by well-crystallized urania supported on graphene oxide was obtained. This ternary hybrid showed considerably higher catalytic activity than palladium-graphene hybrids toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by NaBH4. Besides the smaller sizes of palladium nanoparticles in the ternary hybrids, in which the aggregation of Pd nanoparticles was prevented by urania, the charge transfer between the nano-structured Pd and urania may also contribute to the enhancement of catalytic activity by offering more active sites for adsorption and reaction.
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