b-FeOOH nanorods were prepared by a poly ethylene glycol(PEG) assisted precipitation of FeCl_3·6 H_2O aqueous solution with urea. Na_2CO_3 aqueous solution was introduced to maintain their shapes under annealing....b-FeOOH nanorods were prepared by a poly ethylene glycol(PEG) assisted precipitation of FeCl_3·6 H_2O aqueous solution with urea. Na_2CO_3 aqueous solution was introduced to maintain their shapes under annealing. The one-dimensional porous iron oxide nanorods were synthesized successfully. The asprepared catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N_2 adsorption-desorption isotherms and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline was taken as probe reaction to evaluate their catalytic performance. FeOOH(iron oxides hydroxide) nanorods, fabricated by annealing b-FeOOH nanorods at 250℃ in Ar atmosphere for 4h, exhibited high catalytic activity for the transfer hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline with hydrazine hydrate as hydrogen donors.展开更多
基金the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 91545119,21761132025, 21773269, 21703262, and 51521091)Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (No. 2015152)"Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA09030103)
文摘b-FeOOH nanorods were prepared by a poly ethylene glycol(PEG) assisted precipitation of FeCl_3·6 H_2O aqueous solution with urea. Na_2CO_3 aqueous solution was introduced to maintain their shapes under annealing. The one-dimensional porous iron oxide nanorods were synthesized successfully. The asprepared catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N_2 adsorption-desorption isotherms and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline was taken as probe reaction to evaluate their catalytic performance. FeOOH(iron oxides hydroxide) nanorods, fabricated by annealing b-FeOOH nanorods at 250℃ in Ar atmosphere for 4h, exhibited high catalytic activity for the transfer hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline with hydrazine hydrate as hydrogen donors.