@article {Veerakumar20166772,
	title = {Biomass-Derived Activated Carbon Supported Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as Recyclable Catalysts for Reduction of Nitroarenes},
	journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering},
	volume = {4},
	number = {12},
	year = {2016},
	note = {<p>cited By 19</p>
},
	pages = {6772-6782},
	abstract = {<p>Highly porous beetroot-derived activated carbons incorporated with well-dispered magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs; average size ca. 3.8 {\textpm} 0.5 nm) were fabricated via a microwave-assisted synthesis route. The magnetic Fe3O4@BRAC catalysts so-fabricated were characterized by a variety of diffent physicochemical teniques, viz. XRD, FE-TEM, VSM, gas physisorption/chemisorption, TGA, XPS, Raman, ICP-AES, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The as-prepared catalysts were exploited for heterogeneous-phase reduction of a series of nitroaromatics (RNO2; R = H, OH, NH2, CH3, and COOH) under KOH as a base, isopropyl alcohol acting as a hydrogen donor as well as solvent and also tested with other solvents. The reaction system not only exhibits excellent activity with high anilines yield but also represents a green and durable catalytic process, which facilitates facile operation, easy separation, and catalyst recycle. {\textcopyright} 2016 American Chemical Society.</p>
},
	keywords = {Activated carbon, Activated carbon supported, Atomic emission spectroscopy, Catalysis, Catalysts, Heterogeneous phase, Isopropyl alcohols, Magnetite nanoparticles, Microwave assisted synthesis, NANOPARTICLES, Nitro-aromatics, Porous carbons, Porous materials, Recyclable catalyst, Reduction of nitroarenes},
	doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01727},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85002323064\&doi=10.1021\%2facssuschemeng.6b01727\&partnerID=40\&md5=c98d1fda7d7194d7fc5fa8887c9baab9},
	author = {P. Veerakumar and Panneer Muthuselvam, I. and Hung, C.-T. and Lin, K.-C. and Chou, F. -C. and Liu, S.-B.}
}
