1. Superhydrophilic three-dimensional porous spent coffee ground reduced palladium nanoparticles for efficient catalytic reduction
- Author
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Shaokai Zhang, Guangxue Chen, Minghui He, Zhaohui Yu, Junfei Tian, Huifang Chan, Xiao-Fang Wan, Congcan Shi, Zhangxiong Wu, and Shenghong Sun
- Subjects
Materials science ,Water transport ,Metal Nanoparticles ,Selective catalytic reduction ,Hydrogen Peroxide ,Coffee ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Catalysis ,Nanocellulose ,Biomaterials ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Superhydrophilicity ,Water treatment ,Chemical stability ,Porosity ,Palladium - Abstract
The use of functional biodegradable wastes to treat environmental problems would create minimal extra burden to our environment. In this paper, we propose a sustainable and practical strategy to turn spent coffee ground (SCG) into a multifunctional palladium-loaded catalyst for water treatment instead of going into landfill as solid waste. Bleached delignified coffee ground (D-SCG) has a porous structure and a good capability to reduce Pd (II) to Pd (0). A large amount of nanocellulose is formed on the surface of SCG after bleaching by H2O2, which anchors and disperses the palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs). The D-SCG loaded with Pd NPs (Pd-D-SCG) is superhydrophilic, which facilitates water transport and thus promotes efficient removal of organic pollutants dissolved in water. Pd-D-SCG exhibits excellent room temperature catalytic activity for the removal of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and methylene blue (MB) in water and shows good chemical stability and recyclability in water, with no obvious decrease even after five repeated cycles.
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- 2022