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Low temperature CH4 oxidation was studied on 2 nm gold nanoparticles supported on various metaloxides. The differences in reaction rates for the different systems suggest that the support material has an effect on the activity. From TEM analysis, we found that the gold particles were stable in size during the reaction. In addition to full oxidation to CO2, traces of C2H6 were detected when Au/TiO2 was used, indicating limited partial CH4 oxidation. TiO2 was found to be the best support for gold nanoparticles both in terms of activity and gold particle stability.
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Guido Walther received his diploma in physics from the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2004 and his PhD from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2008. His research interests include catalysis by precious metals and hydrocarbon chemistry. He is currently employed as Post-doc at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock, Germany.
Lionel Cervera-Gontard studied physics at the University of Seville (Spain) and did his PhD in England on the application and development of TEM techniques for the study of heterogeneous catalyst nanoparticles. He now works as a Postdoc in the Center for Electron Nanoscopy (CEN) at DTU.
Ulrich Joachim Quaade received his Cand. Scient. in physics and mathematics in 1993 and his PhD in 1995 from Odense University, Denmark. From 1995 to 2001 he was Associate Research Professor at the Microelectronic Centre (MIC) at DTU. From 2001 he was Associate Professor at the Physics Department (DTU) until 2008, when he moved on to Amminex, a spin-off company from DTU.
Sebastian Horch received his Physics Diploma in 1991 and his Dr. rer. nat. in 1994 from Bonn University, Germany. After a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship at Arizona State University, he moved to the Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics (CAMP) at Aarhus University, Denmark as Assistant Research Professor in 1996. Since 1999 he is Associate Professor at the Physics Department (DTU). In the Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality (CINF), he mainly applies Scanning Probe Microscopy to study catalysts on the nanoscale.
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Walther, G., Cervera-Gontard, L., Quaade, U.J. et al. Low temperature methane oxidation on differently supported 2 nm Au nanoparticles. Gold Bull 42, 13–19 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214901
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