Abstract
Au was loaded (1.5 wt.%) on the supports (ZnO, Al2O3 and MgO) by a colloidal deposition method. For a range of low temperatures (50-300 °C), the catalytic activity of Au/ZnO was much greater than that of Au/Al2O3 and Au/MgO. In particular, for the Au/ZnO, the benzene conversion exceeded 80% at 150 °C. The results of catalyst characterization suggested that the high catalytic activity of the Au/ZnO might be attributed to the effects of strong metal-oxide interaction which is possibly originated from the small lattice parameter difference between Au {111} and ZnO {101} lattice planes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 859-865 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Catalysis Communications |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 May 2011 |
Keywords
- BTX oxidation
- Colloidal gold nanoparticles
- SMOI
- ZnO