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Direct formation of hydrogen peroxide from H2/O2 using a gold catalyst
Philip Landon1, Paul J Collier, Adam J Papworth
1Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff, UK CF10 3TB.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 3, 2002
Abstract:
Supported Au catalysts are very selective for the direct formation of hydrogen peroxide from H2/O2 mixtures at 2 degrees C; the rate of H2O2 synthesis is markedly increased if Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles are generated by the addition of Pd.