The Pt / rGO nanocatalyst was synthesized by the immobilization method by deposition of platinum nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a support material. The support (rGO) was prepared from the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) by the reducing agent sodium borohydride (NaBH4), while (GO) was prepared from the graphite oxidation using the modified Hummer method. Morphological, chemical and structural characteristics of synthesized samples were investigated by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), transmittance Scanning Microscope (TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and X-ray and Raman Spectroscopy. The performance of the Pt/rGO catalysts were evaluated in the benzyl alcohol oxidation to produce benzaldehyde using an environmentally friendly oxidizing agent, hydrogen peroxide, under moderate conditions. The variables that were studied on oxidation of benzyl alcohol were temperature, catalyst mass and H2O2 concentration. The best results were achieved when the catalyst amount was 10 mg, 50% hydrogen peroxide concentration and 80 °C reaction temperature. The conditions under which the reaction was carried out are moderate reaction conditions, and the oxidizing agent (H2O2) is an environmentally friendly oxidizing agent.
In this paper, mono-metallic catalysts, palladium (Pd) and gold (Au) and bi-metallic, Au-Pd supported on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) synthesized by Sol Immobilization technique. The as fabricated catalysts (Pd/rGO, Au/rGO and Au-Pd/rGO) have been tested by various techniques (Raman Spectroscopy, FE-SEM, XRD and TEM) to examine the structural, compositional and morphological characteristics. The performance of catalysts on the production of benzaldehyde via benzyl alcohol (BnOH) oxidation was investigated adopting H2O2 as an oxidizing agent. In general, Au-Pd/rGO catalyst presented a remarkable superiority over Au/rGO and Pd/rGO. The Au-Pd/rGO catalyst gave the best reaction conversion ratio of 24.3%, while its selectivity for benzaldehyde was 87.5% using 10 mg catalyst mass, reaction temperature 80 oC and 50% H2O2
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