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We demonstrate the preparation and catalytic testing of nanocatalysts composed of TiO2 synthesized in aerogel using a supercritical drying process with Pt nanoparticles deposited on the mesopore oxide surface. By controlling the aging time, we found conditions that led to TiO2 with a surface area among the highest ever reported for a TiO2 material in aerogel form (~ 685 m2 g− 1). The chosen synthesis route also features good control over the pore volume and pore size. Even though our aerogel TiO2 support showed an amorphous structure before calcination, 90.2% anatase and 9.8% rutile phases co-existed after calcination at 500 °C for 2 h with an average particle size of about 17 nm based on XRD results. The as-synthesized TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 were both used as catalysts for the CO oxidation reaction. Uncalcined Pt/TiO2 showed 100% conversion at 300 °C. After calcination, Pt/TiO2 exhibited a significantly higher catalytic activity, showing 100% conversion at 125 °C and an activation energy of only 13.4 kcal mol− 1. We show that TiO2 synthesized by the aerogel method can be an excellent support material for nanocatalysis because of its high surface area and facile and scalable synthesis.
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This work was supported by the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) [IBS-R004-A2-2017-a00].
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Choi, H., Carboni, M., Kim, Y.K. et al. Synthesis of High Surface Area TiO2 Aerogel Support with Pt Nanoparticle Catalyst and CO Oxidation Study. Catal Lett 148, 1504–1513 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2355-y
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