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Influence of the Preparation Method of Au, Pd, Pt, and Rh/TiO2 Nanostructures and Their Catalytic Activity on the CO Oxidation at Low Temperature

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Au/TiO2, Pd/TiO2, Pt/TiO2 and Rh/TiO2 catalysts were synthesized by the deposition–precipitation with urea (DPU) and sol–gel (SG) methods to elucidate the influence of the preparation method on the catalytic activity in the CO oxidation at low temperature. In all cases, the metal loading was 1 wt%. The effect of the synthesis method was remarkable for the Au/TiO2 and Pd/TiO2 materials and less important for the Pt/TiO2 and Rh/TiO2 materials. However, for the four materials, the DPU method revealed the most active materials at 0 °C with respect to the sol–gel method. Au/TiO2 and Rh/TiO2, obtained by the DPU method, were active at temperatures below 0 °C and showed outstanding catalytic activity in comparison with the Pd/TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 catalysts. Density Functional Theory based calculations on M13/TiO2 (M = Au, Pd, Pt or Rh) structures revealed a superior charge transfer from a defective support to Au, while Rh triggered O2 bond scission in the oxygen vacancy site located in the metal-support interface.

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The authors want to thank the financial support provided by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) through the CB A1-S-18269 grant, Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico-UNAM through the PAPIIT IN104022 grant. We also thank V. Maturano for technical support. A. E. Torres gratefully acknowledges DGTIC-UNAM for the use of supercomputer facilities through the project LANCAD-UNAM-DGTIC-401 and UNAM for funding through the project DGAPA-PAPIIT IA202521, which have contributed to the theoretical results reported in this paper.

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Camposeco, R., Torres, A.E. & Zanella, R. Influence of the Preparation Method of Au, Pd, Pt, and Rh/TiO2 Nanostructures and Their Catalytic Activity on the CO Oxidation at Low Temperature. Top Catal 65, 798–816 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01607-4

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