Weakly magnetic hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles were synthesized by heating an amorphous polymer supported iron(III) complex (Fe_POL) at 400 °C for 4 h in air. The growth of nanoparticles (NPs) was studied by PXRD, heating the polymer from 150 °C to 400 °C at 25 °C intervals, revealing that, at all temperatures, the only crystalline phase detected is hematite. Conversely, annealing of Fe_POL at 400 °C for 4 h under nitrogen, yielded a material containing wüstite (FeO) as the only crystalline phase, supported onto pyrolised acrylamidic polymer. The synthesized materials were characterized by TXRF, PXRD, SEM-EDS, XPS, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy as well as by magnetic analysis. Differently from natural micrometric hematite, synthesised nano-hematite turned out to be an efficient and recyclable catalyst for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes to the corresponding anilines.

Synthesis and Use in Catalysis of Hematite Nanoparticles Obtained from a Polymer Supported Fe(III) Complex / Fiore, Ambra M.; Varvaro, Gaspare; Agostinelli, Elisabetta; Mangone, Annarosa; De Giglio, Elvira; Terzano, Roberto; Allegretta, Ignazio; Dell'Anna, Maria Michela; Fiore, Saverio; Mastrorilli, Piero. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1434-1948. - STAMPA. - 2022:7(2022). [10.1002/ejic.202100943]

Synthesis and Use in Catalysis of Hematite Nanoparticles Obtained from a Polymer Supported Fe(III) Complex

Fiore, Ambra M.;Dell'Anna, Maria Michela;Mastrorilli, Piero
2022-01-01

Abstract

Weakly magnetic hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles were synthesized by heating an amorphous polymer supported iron(III) complex (Fe_POL) at 400 °C for 4 h in air. The growth of nanoparticles (NPs) was studied by PXRD, heating the polymer from 150 °C to 400 °C at 25 °C intervals, revealing that, at all temperatures, the only crystalline phase detected is hematite. Conversely, annealing of Fe_POL at 400 °C for 4 h under nitrogen, yielded a material containing wüstite (FeO) as the only crystalline phase, supported onto pyrolised acrylamidic polymer. The synthesized materials were characterized by TXRF, PXRD, SEM-EDS, XPS, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy as well as by magnetic analysis. Differently from natural micrometric hematite, synthesised nano-hematite turned out to be an efficient and recyclable catalyst for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes to the corresponding anilines.
2022
Synthesis and Use in Catalysis of Hematite Nanoparticles Obtained from a Polymer Supported Fe(III) Complex / Fiore, Ambra M.; Varvaro, Gaspare; Agostinelli, Elisabetta; Mangone, Annarosa; De Giglio, Elvira; Terzano, Roberto; Allegretta, Ignazio; Dell'Anna, Maria Michela; Fiore, Saverio; Mastrorilli, Piero. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1434-1948. - STAMPA. - 2022:7(2022). [10.1002/ejic.202100943]
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