Chemical and catalytic activity of copper nanoparticles prepared via metal vapor synthesis

The chemical and catalytic activity of nanocrystalline copper nanoparticles prepared using the solvated metal dispersion (SMAD) technique was studied. The Cu*/toluene sample shows a yield of 90% toward the aryl homocoupling reaction of iodobenzene. A conversion of 80% was obtained for the Cu*/pentane/NC-ZnO sample during the hydrogenation of CO2 to form CH3OH.