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Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of Gold Intercalated in the Walls of Mesoporous Silica
Published on: July 9, 2015
Structural changes of the gold-support interface during CO oxidation catalyzed by mononuclear gold complexes bonded
Juan C Fierro-Gonzalez1, Bruce C Gates
1Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Abstract:
Mononuclear gold complexes synthesized from AuIII(CH3)2(acac) in zeolite NaY were characterized by time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy as they catalyzed CO oxidation at 298 K and 760 Torr in flow systems. Initial contact with a CO + O2 mixture led to the rapid formation of cationic gold complexes in which Au was bonded to approximately two zeolite O atoms, on average. Further contact with CO + O2 led to breaking of an Au-surface oxygen bond, giving a gold carbonyl anchored to approximately one O atom. The process was reversed in the absence of CO and O2.
