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Synthesis and Performance Characterizations of Transition Metal Single Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published on: April 10, 2018
Manipulating the organic-inorganic interface of atomically precise Au36(SR)24 catalysts for CO oxidation
Yuying Zhang1, Ancheng Tang1, Xiao Cai1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. zhuyan@nju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Here, we report a series of atomically precise Au36 nanoclusters protected by thiol ligands to explore the influence of organic-inorganic interfaces, that is, the local environment around heterogeneous catalysts, on catalytic oxidation of CO. Our studies give molecular-level insights into the relationship between the catalytic reactivity and the metal-ligand surface bonding, which tunes access to the active sites, thereby precisely tailoring the activity of the Au36 catalysts for CO oxidation.
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