Sb(2)Se(3) assembling Sb(2)O(3)@ attapulgite as an emerging composites for catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol

The construction and application of a new type of composite material are achieved more and more attention. However, expected Sb(2)Se(3)/attapulgite composites aim to use the low price, and high adsorption of attapulgite in assembling Sb(2)Se(3) is quite difficult to be acquired by a facile and benign environmental hydrothermal method. In this manuscript, we developed a new way for preparation of an emerging composite by means of Sb(2)O(3) as a media linking Sb(2)Se(3) and attapulgite together, and finally won an emerging composite Sb(2)Se(3)/Sb(2)O(3)@attapulgite, which presented an excellent catalytic properties for catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol. It was noted that the Sb(2)Se(3)/Sb(2)O(3)@attapulgite composites exhibited a high conversion rate for the hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol that was up to 90.7% within 15 min, which was far more than the 61.5% of Sb(2)Se(3) sample. The excellent catalytic performance was attributed to the highly dispersion Sb(2)Se(3) microbelts and Sb(2)Se(3)@Sb(2)O(3)@attapulgite rods, which would improve the adsorption of the reactant species and facility electronic transfer process of the catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol.