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Rational design of gold catalysts with enhanced thermal stability: post modification of Au/TiO2 by amorphous SiO2 decoration

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Au/TiO2 is highly active for CO oxidation, but it often suffers from sintering in high-temperature environments. In this work, we report on a novel design of gold catalysts, in which pre-formed Au/TiO2 catalysts were post decorated by amorphous SiO2 to suppress the agglomeration of gold particles. Even after being aged in O2–He at 700 °C, the SiO2-decorated Au/TiO2 was still active for CO oxidation at ambient temperature.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. DOE under Contract DE-AC05–00OR22725. This research was supported in part by the appointment for H.G. Zhu and Z. Ma to the ORNL Research Associates Program, administered jointly by ORNL and the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Helpful assistance of Dr. Chengdu Liang in preliminary TEM survey is appreciated.

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    Haoguo Zhu, Zhen Ma, Steven H. Overbury & Sheng Dai

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Zhu, H., Ma, Z., Overbury, S.H. et al. Rational design of gold catalysts with enhanced thermal stability: post modification of Au/TiO2 by amorphous SiO2 decoration. Catal Lett 116, 128–135 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9144-3

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