- Title
- The effects of gold nanoparticles obtained from the thermolysis of n-hexanethiolate-stabilized gold nanoparticles on isobutane oxidation over metal oxide catalysts
- Creator
- Almukhlifi, Hanadi A.; Burns, Robert C.
- Relation
- Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical Vol. 411, p. 349-363
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2015.10.012
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- The complete oxidation of isobutane has been studied using the oxidation catalysts β-MnO₂, α-Fe₂O₃, Co₃O₄ and NiO, prior to and following addition of 5 wt% Au nanoparticles. The activity order is Co₃O₄ > β-MnO₂ > α-Fe₂O₃, with the position of NiO dependent on the Ni3+ content which changes with temperature. Preformed n-hexanethiolate-stabilized gold nanoparticles, following adsorption and thermolysis in air, introduce a small amount of sulfur as adsorbed sulfate. The sulfate appears to block the reoxidation step in the Mars-van Krevelen mechanism. This can have a significant effect on catalytic activity, as observed for β-MnO₂. TEM/STEM studies indicate that gold nanoparticles of 2–4 nm in diameter form, which depends on the identity of the metal oxide and its specific surface area. Gold nanoparticle size effects have been studied on NiO, and show that the apparent activation energy and temperature of initial reaction depend on nanoparticle size. Comparisons of the multicomponent Au/MOx/γ-Al₂O₃ (M:Al = 1:10) catalysts, where M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, have also been studied, and all are more active catalysts than Au/γ-Al₂O₃, but less active than the unsupported catalysts. Gold 4f7/2 XPS studies on Au/MOx and Au/MOx/γ-Al₂O₃ have shown that the only common species present is Au(0), suggesting that higher oxidation states of Au are not important in oxidation catalysis.
- Subject
- gold nanoparticles; transition metal oxides; isobutane oxidation; n-alkanethiolate-stabilized gold nanoparticles; gold catalyst
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1345771
- Identifier
- uon:29715
- Identifier
- ISSN:1381-1169
- Language
- eng
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