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Nanotechnology. 2018 Feb 16;29(7):075708. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa9b70.

Supercritical diethylamine facilitated loading of ultrafine Ru particles on few-layer graphene for solvent-free hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone.

Nanotechnology

Hengcong Tao, Jingjing Ding, Chao Xie, Yunnan Gao, Jinliang Song, Zhenyu Sun

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 29148984 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa9b70

Abstract

We demonstrate a facile and versatile method to grow Ru particles uniformly on pristine few-layer graphene (FLG) in supercritical diethylamine. In particular, a large number of Ru subnanometer clusters less than 1.0 nm were observed. The particle size can be tuned by manipulating the loading content of Ru and controlling the reaction temperature. The resulting Ru/FLG showed remarkably high activity, selectivity, and reusability towards the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. This method is flexible, and can be extended to the synthesis of a variety of other ultrafine metal particles supported on FLG.

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