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Gas-Phase Deposition of Gold Nanoclusters to Produce Heterogeneous Glycerol Oxidation Catalysts

Rongsheng Cai Orcid Logo, Grazia Malta, Sarah J. Haigh, Graham J. Hutchings, Simon J. Freakley, Richard Palmer Orcid Logo

ACS Applied Nano Materials, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 4997 - 5001

Swansea University Authors: Rongsheng Cai Orcid Logo, Richard Palmer Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1021/acsanm.0c01140

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles prepared by colloidal methods are effective catalysts for selective glycerol oxidation under basic conditions. Large-scale synthesis of catalysts by wet chemical methods leads to large amounts of waste and can result in polymer or salt residues remaining on the catalyst. In contra...

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Published in: ACS Applied Nano Materials
ISSN: 2574-0970 2574-0970
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54565
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Abstract: Gold nanoparticles prepared by colloidal methods are effective catalysts for selective glycerol oxidation under basic conditions. Large-scale synthesis of catalysts by wet chemical methods leads to large amounts of waste and can result in polymer or salt residues remaining on the catalyst. In contrast, gas-phase cluster deposition (cluster beam deposition) offers a solvent-free method to synthesize controlled nanoparticles/clusters. We show that the deposition of bare gas-phase gold clusters onto carbon powder leads to a catalyst comparable to that prepared by colloidal methods. This shows the feasibility of the synthesis method to produce oxidation catalysts with reduced waste.
Keywords: gold; colloidal; cluster; cluster beam deposition; glycerol; oxidation
Funders: UKRI, EP/K006061/2
Issue: 6
Start Page: 4997
End Page: 5001