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Nanoscale
; 9(45): 17807-17813, 2017 Nov 23.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29115341
RESUMO
A simple one-pot synthesis of Ni nanoparticle/ordered mesoporous carbon composite electrode materials is demonstrated for electrosynthesis for the first time. The obtained nanocomposites have uniform mesopore sizes (3.0-3.7 nm), large specific surface areas (506-633 m2 g-1), high pore volumes (0.28-0.38 cm3 g-1), well-graphitized carbon frameworks, and uniformly dispersed Ni nanoparticles (7-15 nm) embedded in the carbon pore walls. The prepared materials show very high performance in the selective (â¼84%) electrocatalytic reduction of aromatic ketones into alcohols (â¼79%).