Design of Single Gold Atoms on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for Molecular Recognition in Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation
Single-atom heterogeneous catalysts with welldefined architectures are promising for deriving structure– performance relationships, but the challenge lies in finely tuning the structural and electronic properties of the metal. To tackle this point, a new approach based on the surface diffusion of go...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2072/359795 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/2072/359795 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201805820 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 54 |
| Sumario: | Single-atom heterogeneous catalysts with welldefined architectures are promising for deriving structure– performance relationships, but the challenge lies in finely tuning the structural and electronic properties of the metal. To tackle this point, a new approach based on the surface diffusion of gold atoms on different cavities of N-doped carbon is presented. By controlling the activation temperature, the coordination neighbors (Cl, O, N) and the oxidation state of the metal can be tailored. Semi-hydrogenation of various alkynes on the single-atom gold catalysts displays substratedependent catalytic responses; structure insensitive for alkynols with g-OH and unfunctionalized alkynes, and sensitive for alkynols with a-OH. Density functional theory links the sensitivity for alkynols to the strong interaction between the substrate and specific gold-cavity ensembles, mimicking a molecular recognition pattern that allows to identify the cavity site and to enhance the catalytic activity. |
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