Surface-Engineered Polydopamine Particles as an Efficient Support

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Surface-engineered polydopamine particles as efficient support for catalytic applications Yanhong Liu, Guozhu Li, Runze Qin, and Danlei Chen Langmuir, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03340 • Publication Date (Web): 30 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 6, 2016

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Surface-engineered polydopamine particles as efficient

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support for catalytic applications

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Yanhong Liu, Guozhu Li,* Runze Qin , Danlei Chen

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Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education,

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Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin),

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School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072,

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China

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Email: [email protected]

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polydopamine

particle,

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Keywords

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hydrogenation, kinetic, active energy

surface

chemistry,

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ABSTRACT

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Mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) particles with the size of ~270 nm are

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employed as support of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) for catalyst preparation. Surface

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morphology of the PDA particle has been modified via corrosion of CF3COOH.

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Surface chemistry of the obtained PDA particle has been engineered by the formation

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of

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monolayer-modified PDA (SAM-PDA) particles are used to load Pd NPs by simply

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adding H2PdCl4 solution to a suspension of SAM-PDA particles at room temperature.

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TEM, EDX mapping, DLS, XRD, XPS, UV-vis and FTIR are employed to

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characterize the catalyst and investigate the process. Uniform Pd NPs (2-3 nm) have

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been well dispersed on SAM-PDA particles via controllable surface engineering.

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Surface charge and interactions with metal ion are regulated by the monolayer of

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carboxylic acid. The surface chemistry of PDA particles has been finely engineered

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for efficient loading of noble metal NPs. The obtained Pd/SAM-PDA catalyst has

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shown greatly increased activity and good reusability compared with Pd/PDA in the

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reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) by sodium borohydride or H2. The kinetic data of

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4-NP

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Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) model, and the calculated apparent activation energy of

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this process is 40.77 kJ mol-1.

carboxylic

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■ INTRODUCTION

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Supported noble metal has been studied extensively due to its potential application

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as catalyst in industry. The metal-support interaction plays a key role in catalyst

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preparation which should be considered for designing and fabricating excellent

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catalysts.1 Support can facilitate metal dispersion and prevent loss in solution. Surface

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modification of the support to generate a suitable environment for controllable metal

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loading is one of the most efficient ways for catalyst development.2 Particles with

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submicrometer/nanometer sizes are good candidates of support owing to their high

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specific surface area and easily accessible functional sites on the outside surface.3

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Various particles have been selected and investigated as support of noble metal

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nanoparticles (NPs). Inorganic particles, including silica4, iron oxide5-7 and carbon

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beads,8-11 have been studied. For instance, Xin et al. loaded Pt NPs onto bayberry

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tannin grafted silica beads for hydrogenation.12 For better immobilization of metal

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NPs, many works were carried out based on surface modification of the inorganic

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particles by organic ligands.13, 14 For example, Dragu and coworkers incorporated

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PVP or TPP to functionalize the spherical mesoporous carbon beads for the

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stabilization of Pd NPs.15 Recently, organic particles used as support have recently

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attracted a lot of attention, since these well-defined macromolecular structures enable

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the construction of precisely controlled catalyst structures.16 Cellulose,17 chitosan,18

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dendrimer,19, 20 and biopolymer 21 have been employed to support noble metal NPs.

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Melanin-like particles of PDA have been synthesized with size control by Lee

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group.22 These free-standing PDA particles can be utilized as a reactive platform to 3

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template the loading and dispersion of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs). The unique

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advantages of PDA particles come from: (i) high surface area can promote heat and

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mass transfer. The adsorption and dispersion of metal salt for metal loading can be

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facilitated, and exposure of a greater percentage of active sites will be achieved;23 (ii)

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beneficial near-homogeneous catalytic properties might be realized due to the small

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(100-300 nm), uniform and well-defined carrier particles;24 (iii) the small PDA

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particles are more fixable to be handled and characterized.25 In addition, the organic

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PDA particles can be easily modified or removed as needed.26

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In this regard, the present study deals with the system of Pd NPs supported by PDA

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particles (Pd/PDA) in an attempt to look into the influence of surface chemistry of

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PDA on their catalytic performance for hydrogenation. Bare or surface-modified PDA

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particles have been synthesized and used to prepare palladium catalysts, as shown in

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Scheme 1. The synthesis of highly active Pd/PDA catalysts with well dispersed Pd

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NPs has been realized by controllable surface engineering.

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Scheme 1. Schematic illustration of the preparation of Pd-supported PDA particles

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without and with surface regulation: multipatched Pd/PDA particle (up), uniform,

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small and well-dispersed Pd NPs loaded on monolayer-grafted PDA particle

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(Pd/SAM-PDA) (down).

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■ EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Synthesis of polydopamine (PDA) particles

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The preparation of polydopamine nanospheres was carried out using dopamine

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hydrochloride in NaOH solution, following a method used previously. We dissolved

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40.5 mg of dopamine hydrochloride (Aladdin Industrial Inc.) in 10 mL of deionized

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water. Under vigorous stirring, 378 µL of 0.556 mol/L NaOH solution was added to a

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dopamine hydrochloride solution at 50 °C. The color of the solution turned to pale 5

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yellow as soon as NaOH was added and gradually changed to dark brown. After aging

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for 5 h, melanin-like PDA particles were retrieved and selected as a dispersed solution

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by centrifugation. All large-size materials were removed by low-speed centrifugation

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(2000 rpm). Small-sized materials were removed by high-speed centrifugation (8000

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rpm) and washed with deionized water several times. The obtained NPs were

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redispersed in 10ml water.

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Preparation of carboxylic acid monolayer on the surface of PDA particles

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11-Mercaptoundecanoic acid [HS(CH2)11COOH] was purchased from J&K

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scientific Ltd.. Monolayer of HS(CH2)11COOH was formed on the surface of PDA

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particles using a method reported previously.27 CF3COOH (0.2 ml) and 100 mM

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ethanolic solution of HS(CH2)11COOH (0.05ml) was added into the as-synthesized

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solution of PDA particles with stirring. The COOH monolayers were formed by

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overnight stirring with N2 protection. The obtained particles (SAM-PDA) were

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retrieved by centrifugation (8000 rpm) and redispersed in 10 ml deionized water.

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Catalyst preparation

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Pd(II) ions were introduced onto the surface of PDA particles and reduced to Pd(0)

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simultaneously by simply mixing. Specifically, 89 µl H2PdCl4 (10g/L), 2 ml of

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SAM-PDA solution and 3 ml water was mixed, and stirred for 30min. The metal salts

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were subsequently reduced by polydopamine, which resulted in the formation of

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Pd/SAM-PDA.

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Catalytic characterizations

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Pd/SAM-PDA NPs were characterized using a Tecnai G2 F20 transmission electron

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microscope (TEM FEI, Netherlands). X-ray diffraction (XRD) was recorded on a

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D/MAX-2500 Advance X-ray diffractometer with Cu Ka1 radiation (λ=1.5406 Å)

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(Rigaku, Japan). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were performed on a

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Vertex 70 FTIR spectrometer (Bruker, Germany). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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(XPS) measurements were performed on an ESCALAB 250Xi spectrometer with

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monochromatic Al Ka (hν = 1486.6 eV) (Thermo Fisher, America.). All XPS spectra

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were corrected according to the C 1s line at 284.8 eV. Measurements of the particle

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size and zeta potential were conducted in Malvern Beijing Lab using a Zetasizer Nano

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ZS (Malvern, United Kingdom).

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Catalytic reactions

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The obtained catalysts were used to catalyze two model reactions, the reduction of

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4-nitrophenol (4-NP) by NaBH4 and hydrogenation of 4-NP by H2, to evaluate their

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catalytic performance.

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4-NP reduction by NaBH4: The reduction of 4-NP by the supported metal catalyst

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in the presence of NaBH4 was carried out to examine its catalytic activity and

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recyclability. 3 mL of 0.1 mM 4-NP and 10 µL of 3 M NaBH4 solutions were added

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into a quartz cuvette followed by addition of catalyst solution to the mixture. For the

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Pd/PDA (or Pd/SAM-PDA) catalyst, the final concentration of noble metal (Pd) is

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3.35 × 10-6 mol/L based on the amount of Pd added into the solution without counting

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the lost. The color of the solution changed gradually from yellow to transparent as the

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absorbance at a time interval of 1s at λ=400nm. Therefore, a U3010

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spectrophotometer was employed to monitor the conversion progress of 4-NP to

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4-aminophenol (4-AP) at ambient temperature. The catalyst (Pd/PDA or

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Pd/SAM-PDA) was recovered from the reaction mixture by high-speed centrifugation

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and reused in sequential runs.

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Hydrogenation of 4-NP: The hydrogenation reaction was carried out in an 80 mL

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custom designed stainless autoclave with a Teflon inner layer at room temperature. In

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a typical procedure, certain amount of catalyst was dispersed in 60 mL of 0.1 mM

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4-NP. The final concentration of noble metal (Pd) is 2.37 × 10-6 mol/L based on the

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amount of Pd added into the solution without counting the lost. The reactor was

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sealed, purged with hydrogen and pressurized to 0.4 MPa. To eliminate the resistance

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of diffusion as much as possible, all of the experiments were conducted at an agitation

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speed of 1200 rpm. A constant pressure of 0.4 MPa was maintained throughout the

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reaction. During the reaction, the mixture was withdrawn and sampled every 5 or 10

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minutes from the reactor via sampling valve. The reactants were analyzed by UV-Vis

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spectrometry. The average turnover frequency (TOFave) is defined as mol

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hydrogenated 4-NP per mol catalyst per minute (period of that 90% of 4-NP was

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hydrogenated to 4-AP or period of 60 min).

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Kinetic model.

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In the kinetically controlled regime, hydrogenation of 4-NP can be described by a

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Langmuir-Hinshelwood model.28 The Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) type model used

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Where r1 is the rate of reaction, CA is the concentration of 4-NP, CB is the pressure

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of hydrogen, k is the rate constant of the reaction, KA is the adsorption constant of

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4-NP, and KB is the adsorption constant of hydrogen.

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In this model, on-surface reaction is the rate-controlled step and a dual-site

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adsorption happened on the catalyst with molecular adsorption of 4-NP and

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dissociative adsorption of hydrogen.28,

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A non-linear multivariable regression

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Melanin-like PDA particles were synthesized following the method reported by Lee

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and coworkers.22 As shown in Figure 1(a-b), uniform PDA particles have been

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obtained through neutralization of dopamine hydrochloride with NaOH, followed by

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spontaneous air oxidation of dopamine. The average size of PDA particles measured

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from TEM images is 272.9 ± 17.5 nm, which is in good agreement with the result

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from Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). As shown in Figure S1, the particle size of

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PDA is 245.2 nm measured by DLS.

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These organic particles were employed as support to load Pd NPs for catalyst

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preparation. As reported previously, sorption of PdCl42- can be driven by the affinity

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of PDA for highly polarizable and weakly hydrated anions.30 Moreover, PDA can

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reduce noble metal ions and grow metal NPs on the surface following its tenaciously

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retaining of metal ion.31-33 Therefore, Pd NPs have been loaded onto the 9

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as-synthesized PDA particle by simply stirring the solution of metal salt and PDA

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particles at room temperature. The obtained suspension of PDA particles were washed

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and separated by centrifugation to eliminate the influence of the residual free

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dopamine. Because Wang et al. reported that both PDA particles and the residual

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solution (free dopamine and its slightly oxidized derivative, dopa-quinone) can reduce

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metal ion.34

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The deposition of Pd NPs on the surface of PDA particles was validated by TEM,

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as displayed in Figure 1(c-d). Multipatched Pd/PDA particles have been obtained.

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The PDA particles decorated with a number of irregular Pd NPs with the size of ~50

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nm, and their arrangement is distinguishable (Figure 1). Pd NPs with wide size

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distribution indicate that the formation of Pd NPs on PDA surface is out of control.

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On the surface of PDA, PdCl42- is adsorbed and subsequently reduced to form Pd NPs.

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The obtaining of multipatched particles is in consistent with Wang’s results34.

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Figure 1. TEM images of synthesized PDA particles (a, b) and Pd/PDA particles

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without surface regulation (c, d).

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As reported in previous works, modulation of surface chemistry should be one of

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the most effective approaches for activity improvement of the catalyst.35, 36 We expect

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that surface chemistry, especially surface charge, of the support (PDA particles)

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exhibits an outstanding role in catalyst preparation. Therefore, we tried to graft a

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monolayer of carboxylic acid on the surface of PDA particle using a facile and

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efficient method reported by Jiang group.27 After simple immersion of PDA particles 11

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into an alkanethiol-containing solution (HS(CH2)11COOH and CF3COOH), a

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monolayer of carboxylic acid alkanethiol was supposed to be spontaneously formed

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on the corroded PDA surface through thiol-catechol/quinone adduct formation. This

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improved approach for monolayer preparation is in a manner analogous to the

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reaction between thiols and noble metals in the formation of conventional

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self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The as-synthesized SAM-PDA particles are also

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used to support Pd NPs via simply mixing of support suspension with H2PdCl4

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solution. The obtained catalyst (Pd/SAM-PDA) has been characterized by TEM and

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EDX, and results are displayed in Figure 2(a-f). Well distributed Pd NPs with the

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diameter of 2-3 nm on PDA particles have been obtained. As measured by EDX, the

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atomic ratio of S/Pd in Pd/SAM-PDA is 0.13. HAADF-STEM images and EDX

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mapping were also collected for an individual particle of Pd/SAM-PDA catalyst

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(Figure 2g). S element is finely distributed on the surface of PDA particle, indicating

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the successful grafting of HS(CH2)11COOH monolayer on PDA surface. Mapping

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result of Pd element further provides an evidence of successful loading and fine

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dispersion of Pd NPs on SAM-PDA particles.

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Surface chemistry (surface morphology and surface charge) of PDA particle has a

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significant effect on the resulting metal dispersion of catalysts. Surface roughness of

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PDA particle has been increased by the corrosion of CF3COOH, and surface

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chemistry of PDA particle has been engineered by the formation of anionic monolayer

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on the polymer surface.37 A small amount of CF3COOH is added for two reasons.

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Then a more suitable environment can be created for nanoparticle immobilization.

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Secondly, the formation of interplane hydrogen bonds between carboxylic acid groups

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of bound thiolate on PDA surface and free thiols in the bulk can be disrupted for a

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monolayer with better quality.27 Therefore, SAM-PDA particles with carboxylic acid

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monolayers and high surface roughness have been prepared successfully.

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Figure 2. TEM images (a-e), EDX spectrum (f), HAADF-STEM images and EDX

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mapping images of the Pd/SAM-PDA catalyst.

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one of the most important characteristics for noble metal immobilization. The

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zeta-potentials of both PDA particles and SAM-PDA particles decrease with

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increasing pH.34 But their isoelectric points (IEPs) are dramatically different, which

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occur at pH of 3.15 and 5.66, respectively (Figure 3a). 38

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Below the IEP, the surfaces of the particles are positively charged. The pH of the

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solution during Pd immobilization is 2~3. Therefore, SAM-PDA particles are more

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positively charged than bare PDA particles under acidic environment of the solution

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due to its higher isoelectric point. Weaker electrostatic attraction between PdCl42- and

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PDA particle leads to its decoration by a number of irregular Pd NPs. In comparison,

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Carboxylic acid monolayer grafted on rough PDA particle provides a suitable

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nanoenvironment for the formation of uniform and small Pd NPs. During the growth

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of Pd NPs, discrete distribution of carboxylic acid groups on PDA particle guarantees

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improved electrostatic interaction between the support and metal ions. SAM-PDA

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particles with more positive charges possess stronger electrostatic attraction of anionic

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PdCl42- to effectively load Pd NPs (Figure 3b). But just the reason of surface charge

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cannot guarantee the formation of well-dispersed Pd NPs on SAM-PDA particles. We

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suppose other interactions exist during this process. The mechanism of detailed

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interactions in this process is still not clear. Therefore, more characterizations of the

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catalyst-preparation process were conducted in latter section for a deeper

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Figure 3 Zeta-potentials of PDA and SAM-PDA (a) and Pd/PDA and Pd/SAM-PDA

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to characterize the surface of

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Pd/SAM-PDA NPs. Figure S2 shows the XPS survey spectra of Pd/SAM-PDA. The

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atomic ratio of S/Pd calculated from XPS results is 0.87 (Table S1). In comparison,

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the ratio of S/Pd from EDX results is only 0.13. It can be explained by the fact that Pd

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was deposited on the monolayer of HS(CH2)11COOH. Therefore, more S element can

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be detected by XPS due to its higher sampling depth than that of EDX.

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XPS core level regions of C 1s, N 1s, S 2p, and Pd 3d are displayed in Figure 4.

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The major component at binding energy (BE) of 284.8 eV is assigned to C1s, in

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conformity with the standard value of carbon. The peak in the N 1s spectrum at BE =

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400.14 eV is the diagnostic peak of indole and indoline structures existing in PDA.

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The monolayer of HS(CH2)11COOH is characterized by a minor component at 163.5

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eV BE (FWHM = 2.62 eV) in the S 2p XPS spectrum, which provides evidence for

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successful anchoring of HS(CH2)11COOH onto the surfaces of PDA NPs. The state of

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two peaks at 337.8 and 343.0 eV can be assigned to Pd2+, and the peaks at 335.7 and

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340.9 eV are attributed to Pd0. Around 10% of Pd is in the state of Pd0 in the initial

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30min estimated from the area of the respective XPS peaks. The result suggests that

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PdCl42- is only partially reduced by SAM-PDA and a large ratio of Pd2+ in the state of

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anionic PdCl42- is present in the early stage.

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Figure 4. XPS of (a) C 1s, (b) N 1s, (c) S 2p, (d) Pd 3d for Pd/SAM-PDA prepared in

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The interaction of H2PdCl4 with PDA and that with SAM-PDA in catalyst

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preparation were compared and investigated by UV-vis and IR. As monitored by

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PDA surface in the local environment is much different from that of the bare PDA

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particle. No obvious adsorption peak has been detected during the reaction of H2PdCl4

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with PDA (Figure 5a). While a strong peak initially appears at 207.8 nm and then

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gradually declines in Figure 5b. The peak at 207.8 nm confirms the presence of

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metal-ligand interaction.39-41 It indicates that the monolayer of HS(CH2)11COOH

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interacts with H2PdCl4, and a metal-ligand transition exists when the H2PdCl4

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precursor is initially added to the SAM-PDA solution. Moreover, the intensity of the

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peak decreased gradually with the increase of time. It can be explained by the

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reduction of the metal ions (PdCl42-) to the metal NPs (Pd0).

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Dopamine, PDA NPs, SAM-PDA NPs, and Pd/SAM-PDA NPs were characterized

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by FTIR, as summarized in Figure 5c. The two weak peaks at approximately 1603

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cm-1 and 1506 cm-1 of PDA NPs are the characteristic peaks of indole and indoline

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structures.

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SAM-PDA sample indicates the existence of the carboxylic acid groups, which further

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proves the successful grafting of carboxylic monolayer on PDA. In the spectrum of

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Pd/SAM-PDA, the peaks at approximately 638.0 cm-1 and 500.8 cm-1 from the

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stretching vibrations of the Pd-O bonds indicate the interaction between Pd and

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carboxylic acid of SAM-PDA based on the results of UV-vis 44, 45.

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The appearance of two IR peaks at 1676 cm-1 and 1194 cm-1 for

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The crystallinity and phase composition of the resulting Pd/SAM-PDA were

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investigated by XRD. The obtained XRD pattern is shown in Figure 5d. The

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diffraction peaks at 2θ values of 40.1º, 46.7º, 68.1º, 82.1º, and 86.6º can be indexed

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result further verifies the formation of Pd on the surface of SAM-PDA NPs. The

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broadening of reflection peaks indicates good dispersion of ultrafine particles, which

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Figure 5 UV-vis spectra of the solutions during catalyst preparation using PDA

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particles (a) and SAM-PDA particles (b) as support at different deposition time of Pd.

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FT-IR spectra of Pd/SAM-PDA, PDA-SAM particles, PDA particles and dopamine

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hydrochloride (c). XRD spectrum of Pd/SAM-PDA and the standard bar graph of Pd

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Both catalysts (Pd/PDA and Pd/SAM-PDA) have been employed to catalyze two

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reaction to quickly test the catalytic activity of metal NPs in aqueous solution.46 It

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catalysts for potential real applications.47

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NaBH4.29 Then the rate constant k of the reaction can be used to evaluate the activity

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of catalyst. Typical plot of -ln(A/A0) against the reaction time for the calculation of k

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Pd/SAM-PDA (0.073±0.020 s-1) is 6 times of that catalyzed by Pd/PDA (0.012±0.008

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s-1) and 36 times of unsupported Pd NPs (0.002±0.001 s-1), indicating outstanding

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The reuse property of the catalysts has also been tested, and data are summarized in

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Figure 6b. 100% conversion of 4-NP can be achieved in all these recycle experiments,

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recycles. The rate constant k for the 4th-cycle reaction is only 28% of the first-time

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reaction. In comparison, the as-prepared Pd/SAM-PDA still possesses good catalytic

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performance even after 6 times’ recycles. No obvious drop of the reaction rate was

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observed. Therefore, metal leaching can be suppressed by the grafting of carboxylic

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concentration of noble metal (g L-1). The k values of 4-NP reduction by NaBH4

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Table 1 Comparison of the rate constants (k) of various catalysts for the reduction of

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Superior activity of Pd/SAM-PDA has also been found in hydrogenation of 4-NP

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by H2 in comparison to Pd/PDA. Typical spectra of the reaction solution catalyzed by

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Pd/PDA and Pd/SAM-PDA were recorded and summarized in Figure S4.

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Room-temperature hydrogenation of 4-NP to 4-AP in water catalyzed by various

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catalysts is illustrated in Figure 7. When Pd NPs and Pd/PDA were used as catalyst,

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the conversion of 4-NP reached only 38% and 81% in 30 min. While the reaction

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0 0

10

20

30

40

50

60

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Figure 7. Hydrogenation of 4-NP catalyzed by unsupported Pd (blue triangle),

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Pd/PDA (red circle) or Pd/SAM-PDA catalyst (black square) at room temperature.

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L-1, and at 0.4 MPa of H2 and room temperature.

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reaction conditions. The effects of functional group and chain length of the monolayer

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on catalytic activity of Pd/SAM-PDA are shown in Figure 8a. Results show that

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monolayers of alkyl carboxylic acid are superior facilitators to improve catalytic

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performance of supported Pd. It indicates that both the chain flexibility of monolayer

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and specific complexation of carboxylic acid with Pd play key roles in the formation

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of catalyst. As displayed in Figure 8b, solution with lower pH is more suitable for the

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immobilization of Pd on SAM-PDA particles. It can be explained by the mechanism

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deduced from the results of zeta potential. Under acidic condition, more positively

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charged SAM-PDA particles can facilitate their interactions with anionic PdCl42-. In 22

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density to load Pd NPs. As shown in Figure 8c, 0.95 µmol/L of HS-C11-COOH is the

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Pd, other noble metals (Pt, Au and Ag) were also employed for the preparation of

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SAM-PDA supported catalysts for hydrogenation. Promotions of the catalytic activity

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for all noble metals have been achieved by the formation of carboxylic acid

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monolayers on PDA (Figure 8d). When surface-engineered SAM-PDA is used to

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support noble metal NPs, the TOFs are 3.0 times, 1.7 times, 2.1 times and 2.1 times of

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the corresponding ones supported by bare PDA for Pd, Pt, Au and Ag, respectively.

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previously are summarized in Table 2. Superior catalytic activity of Pd/SAM-PDA

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Figure 8. TOFs of various supported noble metal catalysts for the hydrogenation of

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4-NP under 0.4 MPa H2 at room temperature. (a) Pd catalysts supported on various

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monolayer-modified PDA particles, including bare PDA and PDA modified by

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2-mercaptothanesulfonic acid sodium Salt (HS-C2-SO3-Na); 3-mercaptopropionic

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of HS-C11-COOH; (d) various noble metal catalysts supported by PDA and

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(HS-C3-COOH),

4-mercaptobenzoic

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SAM-PDA particles.

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Catalyst

Solvent

Temperature °C

Pressure MPa

TOFave min−1

Pd/PDA Pd/SAM-PDA SiO2-bisILs[PF6]-Pd0 Fe3O4-SH-Pd HMMS-NH2-Pd Fe3O4-NH2-Pd Pd/Fe3O4 NAP-Mg-Pd(0) SiliaCat Pd0 MEFO-Pd Pd@NAC-800 Pd/Fe3O4 Pd/C c HMMS-salpr-Pd

Water Water Water Ethanol Ethanol Ethanol THF THF Methanol Methanol Ethanol Water Water Ethanol

RT RT 30 RT RT RT RT RT RT 30 RT RT RT RT

0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 atmospheric 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

0.83±0.12 2.51±0.75 4.67 1.30 a 1.63 1.40 b 0.26 0.74 1.67 1.93 1.67 7.85±0.38 1.03 1.59

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ICP analysis; b based on atomic absorption spectroscopic (AAS) analysis; c Commercial Pd/C.

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A series of experiments were carried out for 4-NP hydrogenation catalyzed by

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Pd/SAM-PDA at various temperatures (26 °C, 50 °C, 52 °C, 75 °C, 80 °C) and

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various initial 4-NP concentrations (0.1 mM, 1 mM and 4 mM) under 0.4 MPa of H2.

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The kinetic data were collected, analyzed, and fitted by an L-H model, as shown in

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Figure 9. The residual plots of the fitting results are displayed in Figure S6. Detailed

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reaction conditions and values of R2 for all L-H fittings are summarized in Table S2.

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Results show that the selected L-H model gives a good fit of the experimental data.

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The catalysis process involves a dual-site adsorption with molecular adsorption of

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4-NP and dissociative adsorption of H2, and on-surface reaction is the rate control

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constant of hydrogen (KB) are determined and summarized in Table 3. The k values of

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Pd/SAM-PDA range from 0.1391 s-1 to 1.7179 s-1 at 26 °C and 80 °C, respectively. To

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obtain the apparent activation energy (Ea) for the hydrogenation catalyzed by

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Pd/SAM-PDA, the natural log of k was plotted as a function of inverse temperature

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(an Arrhenius plot), as displayed in Figure 10. From this analysis, the activation

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energy of 4-NP hydrogenation catalyzed by Pd/SAM-PDA is 40.83 kJ mol-1. Yao et

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al.76 reported that the apparent activation energy of 4-NP over colloidal Pd drops from

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63.60 kJ mol-1 to 6.28 kJ mol-1 when the rate determining step is changed from the

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surface reaction to the transfer of hydrogen from the gas phase into the liquid. When a

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reaction is controlled by external mass transport (either gas-liquid or liquid-solid mass

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transport), it has an activation energy of less than about 25 kJ mol-1.76,

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relatively high value of observed activation energy on Pd/SAM-PDA further suggest

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the negligibility of both gas-liquid and liquid-solid mass transport in this study.

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Therefore, it can be verified that the rate-controlled step is on-surface reaction.

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Moreover, the apparent activation energy of Pd/SAM-PDA is much lower than that of

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colloidal Pd (63.60 kJ mol-1) reported by Yao et al., indicating a higher catalytic

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activity of Pd NPs supported by surface-engineered PDA particles. These results are

18

also in good agreement with our previous work on shaped Pt NPs, where the values of

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Ea were calculated to be 74.23 kJ mol-1 and 40.98 kJ mol-1 for cubic Pt NPs and

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tetrahedral Pt NPs, respectively.29 Herein, we attribute the higher catalytic activity of

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Pd/SAM-PDA to the suitable environment of SAM-PDA particles for Pd

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catalyzed by Pd/SAM-PDA at 26 °C (○), 50 °C (), 52 °C (□), 75 °C (△), 80 °C (┼),

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and various initial 4-NP concentrations of 0.1 mM (a), 1 mM (b, d) and 4 mM (c). The

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concentration of the catalyst in the reaction volume was calculated to: [Pd] = 4.75 ×

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10-8 mol L-1 for (a) and [Pd] = 2.37 × 10-6 mol L-1 for (b-d).

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Table 3. Parameters of the L-H model obtained at various temperatures under 0.4

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MPa of H2 and the corresponding apparent activation energy for Pd/SAM-PDA. T/K 299.15a 323.15 325.15a 348.15 353.15

k1/s-1 0.1391 0.4692 0.5364 1.4000 1.7179

KA/L mol-1 0.0126 0.0108 0.0071 0.0068 0.0160

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y=-4903.2x+14.4 R2=0.99962

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0.0028 0.0029 0.0030 0.0031 0.0032 0.0033 0.0034

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Figure 10 Arrhenius plotting for 4-NP hydrogenation over Pd/SAM-PDA under 0.4

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■ CONCLUSIONS

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In this study, PDA particles (272.9 ± 17.5 nm) are employed as support for the

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preparation of noble-metal catalysts. Noble metal NPs can be spontaneously loaded

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onto the surface of bare PDA particles but without size & dispersion control. Then,

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surface morphology of PDA particle is modified by the corrosion of CF3COOH, and

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surface chemistry of the obtained particle is engineered via the formation of

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carboxylic acid terminated alkanethiol monolayer. The well-defined SAM-PDA

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particles can load Pd NPs with small size (2-3 nm) and uniform distribution due to

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increased surface roughness and suitable interactions among PDA, alkanethiol, and

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metal NPs.

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reduction of 4-NP by NaBH4, the rate constant (k, s-1) increased 6 times in comparison

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to Pd/PDA without any surface modification. In addition, the Pd/SAM-PDA catalyst

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can be recycled easily and effectively. Experimental results indicate that the catalyst

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still shows good catalytic performance without any decrease of rate constant k after

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recovery and reuse for 6 times. Moreover, Pd/SAM-PDA can efficiently convert 4-NP

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to 4-AP using H2 in 30 min in water at room temperature with a TOFave of 2.51 min-1.

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The promotion effect of carboxylic acid monolayer on PDA particle is also valid for

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other noble metals (Pt, Au and Ag). The kinetic data of 4-NP hydrogenation catalyzed

9

by

Pd/SAM-PDA

were

well

fitted

to

an

L-H

model

involving

a

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surface-reaction-control mechanism. The apparent activation energy of 4-NP

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hydrogenation over Pd/SAM-PDA is 40.77 kJ mol−1.

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This work validates that surface science of support, e.g. surface morphology and

13

surface charge, has great influence on the activity of noble metal NPs via control of

14

their size and dispersion. Moreover, metal leaching can also be efficiently suppressed

15

by proper control of surface chemistry. In the future, surface modification of supports

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should be deliberately investigated and optimized to improve metal dispersion for the

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development of more active catalysts.

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■ AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*(G. L.) E-mail: [email protected]

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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■ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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This work was supported by the research funds of the National Natural Science

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Foundation of China (No. 21306132) and the Doctoral Program of Higher Education

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(No. 20120032120008).

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