Synthesis of nickel oxide nanosheets decorated with gold and palladium nanoparticles for catalysis

• Grant number: 16/14348-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Henrique Cury Camargo
• Grantee: Victor Costa de Mello Vasconcelos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project sets out to develop hybrid materials composed of NiO nanosheets and spherical gold and palladium nanoparticles. We will focus on simple, green preparation methods, aiming at the synthesis of structures with controlled shape and size and of hybrids with homogeneous component dispersion. M-NiO materials (M = Au, Pd) will be employed as nanocatalysts for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol and for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, and the interaction between metallic nanospheres and metal oxide support will be studied.