Synergistic effect in an Au-Ag alloy nanocatalyst: CO oxidation

Jun Hong Liu; Ai Qin Wang; Yu Shan Chi; Hong Ping Lin; Chung Yuan Mou

doi:10.1021/jp044938g

Synergistic effect in an Au-Ag alloy nanocatalyst: CO oxidation

Jun Hong Liu, Ai Qin Wang, Yu Shan Chi, Hong Ping Lin, Chung Yuan Mou

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Abstract

Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles supported on mesoporous aluminosilicate have been prepared by one-pot synthesis using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) both as a stabilizing agent for nanoparticles and as a template for the formation of mesoporous structure. The formation of Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Although the Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles have a larger particle size than the monometallic gold particles, they exhibited exceptionally high activity in catalysis for low-temperature CO oxidation. Even at a low temperature of 250 K, the reaction rate can reach 8.7 × 10^-6 mol·g_cat. ^-1·^-1 at an Au/Ag molar ratio of 3/1. While neither monometallic Au@MCM-41 nor Ag@MCM-41 shows activity at this temperature, the Au-Ag alloy system shows a strongly synergistic effect in high catalytic activity. In this alloy system, the size effect is no longer a critical factor, whereas Ag is believed to play a key role in the activation of oxygen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-43
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume	109
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp044938g
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jan 13

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Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Materials Chemistry

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