A surfactant-assisted preparation of well dispersed rhodiumnanoparticles within the mesopores of AlSBA-15: characterization and use in catalysis†‡
Audrey Denicourt-Nowicki,Alain Roucoux,Léon Gengembre,Patricia Beaunier
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/15/2008 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B802548G
Abstract

Well dispersed and efficient Rh(0) hydrogenation catalysts were obtained by the reduction of Rh(III)-exchanged mesoporous aluminosilicates by sodium borohydride in the presence of N,N-dimethyl-N-cetyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium chloride.

Graphical abstract: A surfactant-assisted preparation of well dispersed rhodium nanoparticles within the mesopores of AlSBA-15: characterization and use in catalysis