A Pd/g-C3N4 catalyst exhibited a superb performance in the transfer hydrogenation of nitro compounds to generate their corresponding primary and secondary amines with formic acid as the hydrogen donor in aqueous solution.
Bamboo structured silicon-doped boron nitride multiwall nanotubes are synthesized via catalyst-assisted pyrolysis of a boron-containing polymeric precursor. The nanotubes are characterized using transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Raman, and Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscope. The results suggest that the Si dopants cause significant changes in the structure and phonon characteristics of the nanotubes as compared to pure boron nitride nanotubes. A broad photoluminescence band ranging between 500 and 800nm is observed from the nanotubes, which is attributed to Si dopants. Study on temperature dependence of emission intensity suggests that the thermal activation energy of the nonradiative recombination process is 35meV.
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