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Interfacial Activation of Catalytically Inert Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 Dumbbell Nanoparticles for CO Oxidation

Show Author's Information Binghui Wu§,  Hai Zhang§,  Cheng Chen,  Shuichao Lin,  Nanfeng Zheng( )
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of ChemistryCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringXiamen UniversityXiamen361005China

§These authors contributed equally to this work.

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CO oxidation, Gold nanocatalysts, support effect, Au-Fe3O4, dumbbell nanoparticles
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Wu B, Zhang H, Chen C, et al. Interfacial Activation of Catalytically Inert Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 Dumbbell Nanoparticles for CO Oxidation. Nano Research, 2009, 2(12): 975-983. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-009-9102-z
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Au nanoparticles epitaxially grown on Fe3O4 in Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles exhibit excellent stability against sintering, but display negligible catalytic activity in CO oxidation. Starting from various supported Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 catalysts prepared by the colloidal deposition method, we have unambiguously identified the significance of the Au-TiO2 interface in CO oxidation, without any possible size effect of Au. In situ thermal decomposition of TiO2 precursors on Au-Fe3O4 was found to be an effective way to increase the Au-TiO2 interface and thereby optimize the catalytic performance of TiO2-supported Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles. By reducing the size of Fe3O4 from 15.2 to 4.9 nm, the Au-TiO2 contact was further increased so that the resulting TiO2-supported Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 (4.9 nm) dumbbell particles become highly efficient catalysts for CO oxidation at room temperature.


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Interfacial Activation of Catalytically Inert Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 Dumbbell Nanoparticles for CO Oxidation

Show Author's information Binghui Wu§, Hai Zhang§, Cheng Chen, Shuichao Lin, Nanfeng Zheng( )
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of ChemistryCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringXiamen UniversityXiamen361005China

§These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Au nanoparticles epitaxially grown on Fe3O4 in Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles exhibit excellent stability against sintering, but display negligible catalytic activity in CO oxidation. Starting from various supported Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 catalysts prepared by the colloidal deposition method, we have unambiguously identified the significance of the Au-TiO2 interface in CO oxidation, without any possible size effect of Au. In situ thermal decomposition of TiO2 precursors on Au-Fe3O4 was found to be an effective way to increase the Au-TiO2 interface and thereby optimize the catalytic performance of TiO2-supported Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles. By reducing the size of Fe3O4 from 15.2 to 4.9 nm, the Au-TiO2 contact was further increased so that the resulting TiO2-supported Au (6.7 nm)-Fe3O4 (4.9 nm) dumbbell particles become highly efficient catalysts for CO oxidation at room temperature.

Keywords: CO oxidation, Gold nanocatalysts, support effect, Au-Fe3O4, dumbbell nanoparticles

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Received: 19 September 2009
Revised: 01 November 2009
Accepted: 15 November 2009
Published: 01 December 2009
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We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20871100, 20721001), and a Distinguished Young Investigator Grant (No. 20925103), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 200803841010), Natural Science Foundation of Fujian for a Distinguished Young Investigator Grant (No. 2009J06005) and the Key Scientific Project of Fujian Province (No. 2009HZ0002-1).

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