Method of forming metal oxide nanostructures on a TiO2—ZnO-buffered substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11969720-B1
Application number	US-202318110525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 16, 2023
Priority date	Feb 16, 2023
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

A method of forming TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles coated by a copper (II) complex includes forming a mononuclear copper complex by treating a ligand with Cu 2+ ions; and immobilizing the mononuclear copper complex on TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles to obtain the TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticle coated by the copper (II) complex. The TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles coated by a copper (II) complex thus produced have improved catalytic effectiveness and increased efficiency by reducing catalytic reaction time and temperature, particularly in methods of catalyzing oxidation of an alcohol or of catalyzing decarboxylative bromination of an acid.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of forming a TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticle coated with a copper (II) complex, comprising:
forming a mononuclear copper complex by treating a ligand with Cu 2+ ions; and
immobilizing the mononuclear copper complex on TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles to obtain the TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticle coated with the copper (II) complex;
wherein the ligand is 2-((4-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)phenol.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the ligand and the Cu 2+ ions are present in a 2:1 stoichiometric ratio.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the ligand is prepared by condensing 4-hydroxy benzaldehyde with 2-aminophenol in ethanol.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the Cu 2+ ions are obtained by providing copper (II) acetate monohydrate in water.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the copper (II) acetate monohydrate in water is poured into an ethanolic solution containing the ligand at room temperature, followed by refluxing.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles are prepared according to a method comprising:
preparing a ZnO nanoparticle solution of Saussurea costus and Zn(NO 3 ) 2 ·6H 2 O;
adjusting pH of the ZnO nanoparticle solution to about 10 by adding KOH;
preparing a TiO 2 solution by ultrasonication of TiO 2 in ethanol;
adding the TiO 2 solution to the ZnO nanoparticle solution to obtain a mixture; and
obtaining the TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles as a precipitate from the mixture.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the immobilizing step comprises:
refluxing the mononuclear copper complex in acetonitrile with the TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles in acetonitrile in an ultrasonic bath at about 80° C. for about 24 hours; and
obtaining immobilized mononuclear copper complex on TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticles by filtration.

8. A TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticle coated with a copper (II) complex prepared by the method according to claim 1 .

9. The TiO 2 —ZnO nanoparticle coated with a copper (II) complex according to claim 8 , having a ZnO core surrounded by the TiO 2 , wherein the copper (II) complex is immobilized on the TiO 2 .

Assignees

• Univ King Faisal

Inventors

• Adam Mohamed Shaker Sayed
• Taha Amel Musa
• Makhlouf Mohamed M

Classifications

• B01J2540/10

  Non-coordinating groups comprising only oxygen beside carbon or hydrogen · CPC title

• B01J2531/96

  Water · CPC title

• B01J2231/46

  C-H or C-C activation · CPC title

• B01J2231/763

  of -CH-XH (X= O, NH/N, S) to -C=X or -CX triple bond species · CPC title

• B01J31/1616

  Coordination complexes, e.g. organometallic complexes, immobilised on an inorganic support, e.g. ship-in-a-bottle type catalysts (catalysts comprising molecular sieves B01J29/00) · CPC title