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HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS USING PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES PREPARED WITH PULSE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION
Citation:
Obale, A., B. Worke, U R. Pillai**, AND E SahleDemessie*. HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS USING PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES PREPARED WITH PULSE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION. Presented at 228th National Meeting American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 22 - 26, 2004.
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Description:
Electrochemistry has been used to synthesize nano-structured materials. In this project, we have conducted the application of electrochemistry for the synthesis of nano-palladium catalysts that may have application in the area of green chemistry. The electrochemical technique used was pulse galvanostatic, electrodeposition. The efficiencies of the palladium catalysts were tested for the hydrogenation of olefins. The palladium particles were deposited from PdCl2/(NH4)2SO4/ H3C5H5O7.H2O/NH4OH, PdCl2/HCl, and PdSO4/H2SO4 baths. Palladium particles deposited from PdCl2/HCl bath at a temperature of 60 oC shows fairly good amount of catalytic properties for the hydrogenation of olefins at mild conditions.