在选定的黄金集群上对CO和O的共同吸收:证据表明高效的室温CO2产生
William T Wallace1, Robert L Whetten
1School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 20, 2002
概括
阳离子黄金集群表现出一氧化碳和氧气的合作共吸收,增强反应性. 金-6离子 (Au(6) ((-)) 氧化一氧化碳的速度比商业催化剂快100倍.
科学领域:
- 物理化学 物理化学
- 表面科学是一门学科.
- 纳米材料是一种纳米材料.
背景情况:
- 已知支黄金集群的反应性取决于大小和支.
- 气相阳离子黄金集群为研究基本反应性提供了一个简化的模型系统.
研究的目的:
- 研究一氧化碳 (CO) 和氧 (O2) 在阳离子黄金集群 (Au(N) ((-)) 上的共同吸收.
- 确定集群大小和反应物预吸附对吸附行为和反应性的影响.
主要方法:
- 气相实验涉及阳离子黄金集群.
- 集群暴露于CO和O2,无论是单独的还是同时的.
- 质谱法用于分析反应产物和动力学.
主要成果:
- 氧气吸附遵循一个二元 (0,1) 模式,均等大小的集群显示反应性,奇异大小的集群显示无反应性.
- 一氧化碳的吸附取决于大小,发生在N=4到19的集群上,但不是在二次体或三次体上.
- 同吸附导致合作效应,其中一个反应物增强了另一个反应物的吸附.
- 黄金-6离子 (Au(6) ((-)) 显示出显著的催化活性,氧化碳的速度比黄金催化剂快100倍.
结论:
- 阳离子黄金集群对CO和O2吸附具有尺寸依赖的反应性.
- 在黄金集群上,CO和O2的共同吸附是合作的,而不是竞争的.
- 气相Au(6)(-) 离子对CO氧化具有异常的催化效率.
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