ChemInform Abstract: Double Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol in a New Process for the Preparation of Metal Powders.

Preparation of Metallic Powders and Alloys in Polyol Media: A Thermodynamic Approach

“…Intuitively, this tends to mean that the formation of bimetallic compounds would require that the precursors be reduced at close potential, that is to say, following EG similar oxidation path. Consistently, it has been shown that the degradation products of EG when used to reduce Ni (OH) and Co(OH) are identical, but very di!erent from those detected for the reduction of copper or silver (2,3,11,15). Naturally, such speculation must be carefully con"rmed by additional examples, and numerous other binary and multinary systems are being presently explored.…”

“…For the reduction by ethylene glycol of Ni(OH) or Co(OH) into metallic Ni or Co, acetaldehyde and diacetyl have been detected as the main products of degradation (15). None of these compounds appear in the above-listed organics, "rst clue to a distinct mechanism.…”

“…When dealing with the Ag formation from easily reducible AgNO , the products of a moderated oxidation are identi"ed together with methanol and acetic acid, indicating a di!erent oxidative process (11,15). As illustrated from these two examples, no general scheme of EG oxidation can be drawn, thus the need to consider speci"c reaction paths driven by energetic and thermodynamic characteristics of the MO V PM3#x/2O reaction.…”

Nanorecycling: Monolithic Integration of Copper and Copper Oxide Nanowire Network Electrode through Selective Reversible Photothermochemical Reduction

“…[ 20 ] Using thermal and chemical energy, electrons and metal ions are separated, and metals are extracted through combination of separated electrons and metal ions. [ 21,22 ] Such reduction process is being widely applied for diverse metallic oxides (TiO 2 , NiO, GO, Cu x O) to convert oxides into their metallic counterparts, [23][24][25][26] however, the existing processes are limited to nanoparticles (NPs). In the NP reduction process, the target NPs are not only reduced, but also merged together simultaneously by the applied large thermal energy.…”

Synthesis of Ag-PVA and Ag-PVA/PET-s20 composites by supercritical CO2 method and study of silver nanoparticle growth

“…[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The polyol process has been known for decades as a generic route for the synthesis of metal colloids. [12][13][14] It concerns the preparation of metallic powders, essentially of cobalt, nickel, copper, and precious metals, by reduction of inorganic compounds in liquid polyol, which acts both as a solvent and a reducing agent, as stated by Blin et al 15 In recent works on the polyol reaction mechanism, Shengming et al 16,17 showed that polyol is oxidized during the process and produces CO 2 molecules, which are detected as carbonate ions.…”