Issue 15, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Amino-grafted graphene as a stable and metal-free solid basic catalyst†

Chengfei Yuan,a   Wufeng Chena  and  Lifeng Yan*a  

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a Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
E-mail: lfyan@ustc.edu.cn
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Abstract

Metal-free catalysts are essential for various chemical reactions in industrial chemistry. Amino-functionalized carbon is a cheap and environmentally friendly solid basic catalyst. Here, NEt3-graphene solid basic catalyst has been synthesized through a consecutive deprotonation/carbometalation and electrophilic substituent. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), elemental analyses, thermal analyses, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies confirmed the formation of the target structure. Catalytic hydrolysis of ethyl acetate reveals that the amino-grafted graphene has a high catalytic activity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM30442B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jan 2012
Accepted
13 Feb 2012
First published
17 Feb 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 7456-7460

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Amino-grafted graphene as a stable and metal-free solid basic catalyst

C. Yuan, W. Chen and L. Yan, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7456 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30442B

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