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Manganese oxides supported on gold nanoparticles: new findings and current controversies for the role of gold

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Abstract

We synthesized manganese oxides supported on gold nanoparticles (diameter <100 nm) by the reaction of KMnO4 with gold nanoparticles under hydrothermal conditions. In this green method Mn oxide is deposited on the gold nanoparticles. The compounds were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectrometry, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV–Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and atomic absorption spectroscopy. In the next step, the water-oxidizing activities of these compounds in the presence of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate as a non-oxo transfer oxidant were studied. The results show that these compounds are good catalysts toward water oxidation with a turnover frequency of 1.0 ± 0.1 (mmol O2/(mol Mn·s)). A comparison with other previously reported Mn oxides and important factors influencing the water-oxidizing activities of Mn oxides is also discussed.

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Acknowledgments

MMN and SMH are grateful to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences and the National Elite Foundation for financial support. MH acknowledges Prof. Dr. S. Dehnen for generous support. This work was supported by Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education of Japan (24370025 and 26220801) to TT. SIA was supported by grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Nos: 14-04-01549, 14-04-92690) and by Molecular and Cell Biology Programs of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45137-66731, Zanjan, Iran

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour & Seyedeh Maedeh Hosseini

  2. Center of Climate Change and Global Warming, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45137-66731, Zanjan, Iran

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

  3. Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften (WZMW), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße, 35032, Marburg, Germany

    Małgorzata Hołyńska

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan

    Tatsuya Tomo

  5. Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  6. Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  7. Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

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Najafpour, M.M., Hosseini, S.M., Hołyńska, M. et al. Manganese oxides supported on gold nanoparticles: new findings and current controversies for the role of gold. Photosynth Res 126, 477–487 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-015-0164-3

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Keywords

  • Gold nanoparticles
  • Catalyst
  • Heterogeneous
  • Manganese oxide
  • Water oxidation