Highly efficient CdS/CeO/AgPO nanocomposite as novel heterogenous catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation and acetylation reactions.

In light of environmental and economic concerns, the use of heterogeneous catalysts that can function under gentler reaction conditions has recently become popular. In this study by using the precipitation method, CdS/CeO/AgPO ternary nanocomposites with varied molar proportions of CdS:CeO/AgPO were produced. The catalysts' surface functional groups; morphology and crystal structures were examined using FTIR, SEM-EDX and XRD respectively.