In-situ loading of nano-bimetallic catalysts onto coal tar pitch-based activated carbon fibers for efficient reduction of p-nitrophenol Dataset for 2024-2025.

The crystal structures of the catalysts were characterized by a rotating anode X-ray diffractometer (XRD, Japanese Rigaku Ultima IV) equipped with graphite-monochromatic Cu Ka radiation, with a scanning rate of 3°/min, ranging from 10° to 80°. In the XRD figure, the horizontal axis represents the scanning range, and the vertical axis represents the intensity. The elemental composition of catalysts was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, ESCALAB X+), using an Aluminium K-alpha X-ray source.

In the figure, the horizontal axis represents Binding Energy and the vertical axis represents Intensity. By using an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer to test the performance of coal tar pitch-based ACF and the catalyst-catalyzed nitrobenzene phenol, sodium borohydride was used as the reducing agent, and the reaction was carried out at 45℃. The ultraviolet data were measured at different reaction times.