Graphene-Based Nanomaterial Catalysis

Table of Contents

PREFACE
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS (STRUCTURE, SYNTHESIS, AND PROPERTIES)
Mary T. Beleño, Gisela Montero, Benjamín Valdez, Mario A. Curiel and Ricardo Torres

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GRAPHENE STRUCTURE
  
• SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE
  
• Bottom-Up Production
  
• Synthesis by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
  
• Synthesis by Epitaxial Growth
  
• Synthesis by Pyrolysis
  
• Synthesis by Organic Synthesis
  
• Laser-assisted Synthesis
  
• Top-Down Production
  
• Synthesis by Chemical Oxidation-Reduction
  
• Synthesis by Unzipping of Carbon Nanotubes
  
• Synthesis by Arc-discharge Method
  
• Synthesis by Liquid-phase Exfoliation (LPE)
  
• Synthesis by Solid-state or Mechanical Exfoliation
  
• Synthesis of Graphene by Electrochemical Exfoliation
  
• CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE
  
• FUNCTIONALIZATION OF GRAPHENE
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 2 GRAPHENE-BASED NANOMATERIALS AS ORGANOCATALYST
Angeliki Brouzgou

• INTRODUCTION
  
• ACID FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE OXIDE AND REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES
  
• ACID-BASE BIFUNCTIONAL GRAPHENE OXIDE
  
• METAL-FREE DOPED GRAPHENE
  
• MAGNETIC-BASED GRAPHENE OXIDE ORGANOCATALYSTS
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 3 GRAPHENE DERIVED MATERIALS AS CATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION
Manisha Malviya, Amisha Soni and Sarvatej Kumar Maurya

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIAL FOR O2 REDUCTION
  
• Heteroatom Doped Graphene Catalysts
  
• N- doped Graphene Derived Materials (NGDM)
  
• S- & S- and N- Co-Doped Graphene Derived Materials (SGDM/SNGDM)
  
• Nanocomposites of Graphene Derived Materials (ncGDM)
  
• Future of Graphene in ORR
  
• CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 4 GRAPHENE AS A SUPPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
Dipika Konwar, Prantika Bhattacharjee and Utpal Bora

• INTRODUCTION
  
• SYNTHESIS AND DESIGNING OF GRAPHENE AS SUPPORT
  
• METAL AND METAL OXIDE CATALYSTS ON GRAPHENE SUPPORT
  
• BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS ON GRAPHENE SUPPORT
  
• MODIFIED GRAPHENE SUPPORT
  
• ROLE OF GRAPHENE AS SUPPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS COUPLING REACTIONS 70 CONCLUSIONS
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 5 GRAPHENE-BASED NANO-MATERIALS AS CATALYST FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF MEDICINALLY IMPLANTED SCAFFOLD 1,2,3-TRIAZOLES
Jasmin Sultana and Diganta Sarma

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED NANOMATERIALS IN DIRECT AZIDE-ALKYNE CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED NANOMATERIALS IN ONE-POT AZIDE-ALKYNE CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 6 CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION TO VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS USING GRAPHENE AND ITS COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Sandeep Kumar, Nayuesh Sharma, Ajit Sharma and Deepak Kumar

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR CO2 CONVERSION TO CYCLIC CARBONATES
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CO2
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR CO2 CONVERSION TO HYDROCARBON FUELS
  
• GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CO2 CONVERSION
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 7 METAL-DOPED GRAPHENE MATERIALS AS ELECTROCATALYSTS IN SENSORS
H. C. Ananda Murthy, Nigussie Alebachew, K B Tan, R Balachandran, KahYoong Chan and C R Ravikumar

• INTRODUCTION
  
• SYNTHESIS OF MDG ELECTROCATALYSTS
  
• MDG Materials as Sensors
  
• Reduction of Oxygen and Hydrogen
  
• H2 Detection
  
• Detecting Dangerous Gas Molecules CO, CO2 , SO2 , and H2S
  
• STUDY USING FIRST PRINCIPLES
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 8 GRAPHENE BASED NANOMATERIALS AS CATALYST IN REDUCTION REACTIONS
Leena Khanna, Mansi and Pankaj Khanna

• INTRODUCTION
  
• HYDROGENATION OF C-C DOUBLE BONDS BY USING METAL-FREE GRAPHENE 131 Reduction Using Ni-oxide/GOSs Catalyst
  
• Hydrogenation By Using Pd@CGO Catalyst
  
• Reduction Of Nitroarenes Into Aniline Derivatives By Au-GO Catalyst
  
• Reduction By Ru-GCN Catalyst
  
• Hydrogenation By Using G-Pt Catalyst
  
• Reduction By Using NrGO Catalyst
  
• Reduction Of 4-Nitrophenol Into Aniline Derivatives By Using AuNP/PQ11/GN Catalyst 139 Hydrogenation Of Carbonyl Compounds By Using Ru/RGO Catalyst
  
• Fe NPs/CDG Mediated Hydrogenation Of 1-Hexene
  
• Hydrogenation Of Styrene By Using Fe@g-C3N4 Catalyst
  
• Hydrogenation Of Phenylacetylene By Using Pd@mpg-C3N4 Catalyst
  
• Hydrogenation Of Alkynes And Terminal Alkynes By Using Co@NGR Catalyst
  
• HYDROGENATION OF ALKYNES BY USING SGR/PANI/NI CATALYST
  
• Hydrogenation Of Alkenes And Alkynes By Using rGO-Ni30Pd70
  
• Hydrogenation Of Double Bonds By Using Pd-NGRO-300 Catalyst
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 9 GRAPHENE BASED NANOMATERIALS AS CATALYSTS IN SOLAR WATER SPLITTING
Bilal Chikh, Imane Ghiat, Adel Saadi and Amel Boudjemaa

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GRAPHENE: THE WONDER MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND SYNTHESIS
  
• Graphene Properties
  
• SYNTHESIS METHODS OF GRAPHENE
  
• TECHNIQUES OF CHARACTERIZATION FOR GRAPHENE
  
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
  
• Raman Spectroscopy
  
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
  
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  
• Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
  
• GRAPHENE FOR WATER SPLITTING APPLICATION
  
• Water Splitting Process
  
• Photocatalytic Water Splitting
  
• Photoelectrochemical (PEC) Water Splitting
  
• Graphene Based Nanomaterials
  
• TiO2-Graphene Photocatalysts
  
• TiO2-reduced Graphene Photocatalysts
  
• ZnO-Graphene Photocatalysts
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  

CHAPTER 10 CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE NANOMATERIALS IN ORGANIC TRANSFORMATION
Somit Kumar Singh

• INTRODUCTION
  
• GENERAL INFORMATION OF GRAPHENE BASED NANOMATERIALS
  
• CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE BASED NANOMATERIALS IN ORGANIC TRANSFORMATION
  
• Esterification Reaction
  
• Acetylation Reaction
  
• Thioacetalization
  
• Dehydrative Esterification
  
• Trans Acetalization
  
• Thiocyanization
  
• Alcoholysis Reaction
  
• Transamidation of Aliphatic Amides
  
• Dehydrogenation-Hydrothiolation of Secondary Aryl Alcohols
  
• Ring-opening of Epoxides
  
• Oxidation Reactions
  
• Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclohexane
  
• C-H Oxidation
  
• Oxidation of Thiols
  
• Oxidative Aromatization of 1,4-dihydropyridines into Pyridine Derivatives
  
• Oxidation of Alcohols
  
• Oxidation of Benzene in to Phenol
  
• Transformation of Hydroquinone into Benzoquinone
  
• Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Hydrazo Compounds
  
• Oxidation of Glutaraldehyde
  
• Oxidative Coupling of Amines
  
• Graphene Nanomaterials Catalyzed Reduction Reactions
  
• Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene
  
• Hydrogenation of Ethylene
  
• Hydrogenation of Nitrogen Heterocycles
  
• Reduction of α, β-unsaturated Aldehydes
  
• Reduction of Methylene Blue
  
• Graphene Nanomaterials Catalyzed Coupling Reactions
  
• Aza-Michael Addition of Amines
  
• Oxidative Dehydrogenative C-N Coupling
  
• Formation of Biaryl Compounds
  
• Direct CH-CH Cross-coupling
  
• Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling
  
• Heck and Sonogashira Coupling
  
• Graphene Nanomaterials Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions
  
• Friedel-Crafts Addition of Indoles
  
• Direct Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Reactions
  
• Regioselective Ring Opening of Aromatic Epoxide
  
• Knoevenagel Condensation
  
• Michael Adducts
  
• Synthesis of 5-Substituted 1H-Tetrazoles
  
• Synthesis of Amides
  
• Direct Oxidative Synthesis of Nitrones
  
• Synthesis of α-aminophosphonates
  
• Synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyanopyridines
  
• Synthesis of Spiro Thiazolidinones Compounds
  
• Diels-Alder Reactions
  
• Synthesis of Functionalized 1,4-benzothiazines
  
• Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinolinones and quinazolin-4(3H)-one
  
• Synthesis of Thiazolidine-4-one Derivatives
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  
• CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
• REFERENCES
  
• SUBJECT INDEX
  

Author

• Manorama Singh
• Vijai K Rai
• Ankita Rai