One-pot synthesis of porous silica-supported ultrafine Ni nanoparticles as efficient and stable catalyst for selective hydrogenation of benzophenone

[Display omitted] •Ni(7%)@pSiO2-Alg was developed by a facile one-pot co-assembly syntheses strategy.•Ni(II) chelated alginate hydrogel acts as metal precursor and sacrificial template.•In-situ generated Na2CO3 is the key factor for improved selectivity of benzhydrol.•This catalyst exhibited good ac...

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