Protein particles decorated with Pd nanoparticles for the catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol

Yeonhwa Yu, Euiyoung Jung, Hyun Jin Kim, Ahyoung Cho, Jinheung Kim, Taekyung Yu, Jeewon Lee

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Abstract

Nano-biomaterial hybridization is a promising strategy to generate unique and advanced material properties that are not available with nano- or biomaterials alone. In particular, the surface stabilizer (surfactant)-free synthesis of catalytic metal nanoparticles (NPs) on biological scaffolds such as protein particles (PPs) holds great potential in improving their catalytic performance because the surfactants form an organic layer on the NP surface and severely deactivate the catalytic surface. Here, we report the surfactant-free synthesis of palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) using PPs as a synthetic scaffold and the significantly improved catalytic performance of the Pd-protein nanocomposites (PdNP-PPs). The PdNP-PPs have many small PdNPs with clean surface and enlarged surface area on the PP surface. Because of the charge property of PPs, the PdNP-PPs are well dispersed without being aggregated in reaction solutions and exhibit much higher catalytic activity and better durability/ recyclability compared with surfactant-coated PdNPs in the reduction reaction converting p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10487-10496
Number of pages10
JournalACS Applied Nano Materials
Volume3
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Oct 23

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
J.L. acknowledges financial support from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (no. 2019R1A2C3005771). T.Y. acknowledges financial support from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (NRF-2014R1A5A1009799 and NRF-2016M3D1A1021140).

Keywords

  • Catalytic performance
  • Durability
  • Palladium nanoparticles
  • Palladium-protein nanocomposites
  • Protein particles
  • Recyclability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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