Highly dispersed Au, Ag and Cu nanoparticles in mesoporous SBA-15 for highly selective catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics

Abstract

This paper demonstrates homogeneous dispersion of Au, Ag and Cu nanoparticles (size ∼ 5, 11 and 13 nm) into the mesopores of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane modified SBA-15 for improved catalytic reduction of<italic>m</italic>-dinitrobenzene to<italic>m</italic>-phenylenediamine.