Highly active and reusable palladium nanoparticle catalyst stabilized by polydimethylsiloxane for hydrogenation of aromatic compounds in supercritical carbon dioxide
Abstract(#br)This study describes a hydrogenation method for degrading polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in supercritical carbon dioxide catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles stabilized in polydimethylsiloxane (Pd/PDMS). The process of synthesizing metal nanoparticles embedded in PDMS polymers involves the preparation of a homogenous mixture of metal salt, silicone elastomer, and a curing agent, followed by hydrogen reduction.