Metal nanoparticles decorated two-dimensional nanosheets as heterogeneous catalysts for coupling reactions

ABSTRACT

This review presents a brief discussion on the numerous synthetic techniques used to prepare metal nanoparticles supported on various two-dimensional (2D) materials. Special emphasis has been given to graphene and other 2D analogues such as g-C₃N₄, h-BN, MoS₂, WS₂ etc. supported metal nanoparticles. In addition to these, this review outlines the applications of the developed metal nanoparticles–2D composite materials for catalytic coupling reactions, which have recently emerged as a promising strategy in carbon–heteroatom or carbon–carbon bond formation. The effect of size and morphology of metal nanoparticles–2D composite materials on their catalytic performance toward different coupling reactions such as Suzuki, Heck, Sonogashira, etc. have been discussed in detail.

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KEYWORDS:

• 2D materials
• graphene; g-C₃ N₄
• h-BN; MoS₂
• metal nanoparticles
• Heck reaction
• Suzuki–Miyaura reaction
• Sonogashira reaction

Acknowledgment

The authors are thankful to the Director, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, India for his permission to carry out the work. Authors acknowledge Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for financial support (Project No. OLP 2037 & 2074).

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