CO oxidation and COPrOx over preformed Au nanoparticles supported over nanoshaped CeO2

Au/CeO2 (0.25% wt. Au) catalysts were prepared by anchoring preformed Au nanoparticles over ceria polycrystals, cubes and rods and tested in the oxidation of CO and COPrOx. The use of preformed Au nanoparticles assured a constant Au particle size (ca. 5 nm by HRTEM) for all samples, which allowed to...

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Autores: Soler Turu, Lluís|||0000-0003-1591-3366, Casanovas Grau, Albert, Urrich, Aitor, Angurell Purroy, Inmaculada, Llorca Piqué, Jordi|||0000-0002-7447-9582
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97815
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97815
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.025
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Nanoparticles
Catalysts
CO oxidation
Preferential CO oxidation
Ceria
Nanocubes
Nanorods
XPS
Nanopartícules
Catalitzadors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química::Química física
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Resumo:Au/CeO2 (0.25% wt. Au) catalysts were prepared by anchoring preformed Au nanoparticles over ceria polycrystals, cubes and rods and tested in the oxidation of CO and COPrOx. The use of preformed Au nanoparticles assured a constant Au particle size (ca. 5 nm by HRTEM) for all samples, which allowed to a precise assessment of the effect of the morphology of nanoshaped ceria on catalytic activity. The catalytic performance of the Au/CeO2-rods was much better than that of the Au/CeO2-polycrystals and Au/CeO2-cubes both in the oxidation of CO and COPrOx reactions. The Au/CeO2-rods exhibited the highest amount of oxidized Au and Ce(III) species by XPS, whereas in the Au/CeO2-cubes gold was totally metallic and the amount of Ce(III) was minimum. An intermediate situation was encountered in the Au/CeO2-polycrystals. Considering the differences in the oxidation states ofAu and Ce and the factthat all samples were prepared with preformed metallic Au nanoparticles of the same size, the results indicate that the intrinsic nature of the different ceria surfaces exerts a prominent role in the gold-ceria interaction and in the electron density transfer from Au to Ce, which in turn has a strong effect on catalytic activity. Gold nanoparticles strongly interact with CeO2-{1 1 0} surfaces with respect to CeO2-{1 1 1} and CeO2-{1 0 0}, even when Au nanoparticles are prepared separately and simply deposited by impregnation.